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Recent Examples of pickups
Kia Tasman Courtesy Kia Kia expects to sell 90,000 pickups a year in North America and claim 7% of the midsize pickup segment by 2034, according to Automotive News.
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Michael Wayland, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
Michael Wayland, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickups
Noun
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Those who supported the freeze said the wage increases were negatively impacting the hospitality industry.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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The White House says these price increases are temporary.—
Amber Phillips,
Washington Post,
12 May 2026
Noun
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But that still left funding for some sizable boosts.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Using stacks of hundreds to thousands of photos taken with his camera or telescope, McCarthy produces true-color images of the moon's near side, accentuated with saturation boosts that reveal brilliant shades of blue, red, green and brown that your eyes can't normally detect.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The hotel industry, for instance, is not required to report similar outbreaks.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 May 2026
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Unlike most forms of hantavirus, which spread from rodents to humans, Andes is the only strain that is able to transmit from person to person, heightening fears about how outbreaks could unfold under the right conditions.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Herrero also sought to use practical effects throughout the film, including gunfire and explosions, often enhanced with visual effects.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Rubin, with the exquisite detail of its images, is well placed to find these types of events, in which stars disappear in explosions that can be too faint for other surveys to see.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Southampton’s team arrived at St Mary’s amid a sea of red smoke from the flares lit by the thousands of fans who had lined the street to greet them.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Both agencies agree there is a chance for additional M flares and maybe even X-class eruptions over the coming days as sunspot regions AR4436 and AR4432 continue to evolve.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
11 May 2026
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“Pickups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickups. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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