pick out

verb

Definition of pick outnext
as in to make out

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Recent Examples of pick out Stop near the entry at The Trailhead Store for a coffee, pick out a native plant at The Farmhouse Garden Center, and wander the walking trails. — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026 Halton, a fourth-round pick out of Oklahoma, was considered one of the best interior pass rushers in the 2026 NFL Draft and a natural fit for San Francisco’s attacking scheme under defensive line coach Kris Kocurek. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The 5th-round draft pick out of Nebraska has his own YouTube channel with over 8,000 subscribers. — Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 Across the fairgrounds’ sprawling 277 acres, visitors can experience livestock shows and rodeos, watch a parade and football, pick out their dream car at the Texas Auto Show, devour funnel cakes and go for a ride on the Texas Star ferris wheel. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pick out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick out
  1. make out
  2. identify
  3. pick up
  4. sight
  5. notice
  6. view
  7. perceive
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  • Two former employees told Fortune that many people made out to the tune of $10 million through the buyouts, including those not in leadership positions.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
  • While Hubble can only make out stars in Andromeda that are brighter than our sun, these two surveys still gave Wainer and colleagues a compendium of 200 million stars, covering two-thirds of Andromeda's disk.
    — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of make out
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  • That partnership has already had a ripple effect, identifying targets who would have otherwise been undetected and resulting in indictments, like the case involving the 13 defendants.
    — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Compare similar positions across different employers to identify patterns.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of identify
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  • Haley, Kotb’s first daughter, seems to have picked up her mother’s spirit of giving.
    — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Others build friendships, share hobbies or pick up new skills.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of pick up
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  • Hammerhead shark sighting A hammerhead shark was spotted off Rhode Island last week.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 27 July 2026
  • Wayward pink birds have even been sighted as far away as Maryland and Minnesota.
    — Alex Harris July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
Definition of sight
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  • Local Law 144 requires an independent bias audit every year, a public summary of it, and notice to candidates.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • That is, until audiences, like Carol, begin noticing all the fractures beneath the psyche of the shiny, happy people.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of notice
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  • One thing for certain is that this research experience fundamentally changed how Fearing views museum collections.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • No side embodied that thinking more than Saturday’s opponents, who once viewed Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe as their silver bullets.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of view
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  • The shocking lack of answers does not appear to be for a lack of resources, rather it highlights perceived investigative missteps along the way.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Brands that secured consistent coverage in top-tier publications over the past two years have compounding advantages—not just in SEO, but in how stakeholders perceive them.
    — Ohad Ben Artzi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of perceive

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