picks out

verb

present tense third-person singular of pick out
as in looks (at)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picks out
  1. identifies
  2. makes out
  3. picks up
  4. eyes
  5. sights
  6. notices
  7. remarks
Verb
  • The cops don’t entirely buy that their serial killer is a high-school student, even as Bret identifies Robert by name.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In Colorado, nearly a quarter of the overall population identifies as Hispanic or Latino.
    — Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of identifies
Verb
  • The contemporary media environment makes out-and-out suppression of a book difficult.
    — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
  • Even Fraser makes out with Rainbeau and Damo.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of makes out
Verb
  • The bomber picks up the hidden camera attached to something across the street and runs.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The episode picks up when Bret and Robert have their first tense interaction — their vaguely hostile and lightly homoerotic back-and-forth continues to be the highlight of the show for me.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of picks up
Verb
  • The film will enter production this November in Vermont as production company GrizzlieBradFilms LLC eyes a 2028 debut.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In another, a marmot eyes the game camera, getting closer and closer to the lens.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of eyes
Verb
  • How did Imagineering decide which sights to include and which ones to leave out?
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
  • Our dad got us a job holding the pole, the guy sights on through the thing, surveying.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Definition of sights
Verb
  • Then, as Pike prepares to hand over the bridge to Lieutenant Rahda (Abinaya Sivakumaran), his replacement notices a slight shift in the ship’s trajectory.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • When the job takes her to an eastern Colorado cattle ranch, Jane notices that the family’s young daughter has precocious breast development as a result of the hormones the operation uses.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of notices
Verb
  • As Hythlodaeus remarks, the political thinkers of the time would dismiss the whole thing as nonsense.
    — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Other educators have gotten fired or reprimanded in recent years over anti-Trump and anti-Israel remarks.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of remarks
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“Picks out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picks%20out. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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