PICKUPS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

pickups

noun

plural of pickup

as in increases

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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. — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026

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Noun

The additional pension costs imposed by AB 1383 would leave cities with less money for staffing, salaries, and other public services or require significant tax increases.

— Mariana Trujillo, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026
As Venus moves closer to Earth in its orbit, its apparent size increases, even as the illuminated portion shrinks.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of increases

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That includes boosts from socialist Donavan McKinney, who is running for Michigan’s 13th District, and Will Lawrence, who cross-endorsed with el Sayed and is running for Michigan’s 7th District.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
While the Big Data + Panel tide raised pretty much every boat in the sports-TV waters, the year-to-year boosts notched by the likes of the NBA, NFL and NHL were likely a one-time phenomenon.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of boosts

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As a result, mumps vaccination rates are low, and Japan has large outbreaks every three to five years.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
The vast majority of cases have been in people who were unvaccinated, and outbreaks have spread in communities with lower vaccination rates.

— Grace Manthey, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of outbreaks

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Small explosions happen within the park every few years and generally present localized dangers.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Earlier this summer in Germany, evacuations were ordered in record-breaking heat after a wildfire triggered explosions in a nature reserve strewn with leftover ordnance from World War II.

— John Vaillant, Time, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of explosions

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It was safely escorted from the airspace after flares were deployed.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Yet Fed officials are sharply split over their next steps and inflation could tick higher in the coming months, particularly if fighting in the Middle East flares.

— Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

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