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 revised powertrain is intended to deliver stronger acceleration, while the advertised top speed increases from approximately 56 mph to 59 mph.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
The people who will be most affected by the new increases are those who do not qualify for a subsidy.

— Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of increases

Noun

If that doesn’t happen, Jacobs warns that there could be more infectious disease outbreaks on the horizon.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2026
Other states began reporting their own measles outbreaks, including Utah, Arizona, South Carolina and Pennsylvania.

— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of outbreaks

Noun

Iranian state media reported explosions being heard on the islands of Qeshm and Hengam in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, and in the nearby mainland area of Bandar Abbas.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
But many of its test flights so far have ended in fiery explosions; its next test, Flight 15, is slated for mid-November.

— Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of explosions

Noun

Prosecutors said Weisheit bound and gagged Caleb, then placed railroad flares in his clothing and near his body before setting fire to the home and fleeing out of state.

— Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026
Its onboard instruments could detect anything that changes quickly in the sky, including supernovae and X-ray flares from binary stars, which are two stars bound by gravity that tend to interact with each other.

— Mary Ogborn, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026

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