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noun

ˈpi-kət How to pronounce picket (audio)
Definition of picketnext
as in guard
a person or group that watches over someone or something set out a picket to watch the camp

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verb

as in to wall

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Recent Examples of picket
Noun
Tomlin was gifted a memorial picket axe that the entire class signed and presented to him at Wednesday’s graduation. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2026 Interior designer Maite Granda used low straight top picket fencing at street level of this Florida cottage set far back from the street to give the facade a welcoming and open feel. — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
The strike comes amid rising gas prices but was not expected to have a major impact on local prices, according to union workers who picketed. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 1 May 2026 The school district announced the tentative agreement with Local 99 in an alert just five hours before employees were scheduled to picket outside their campuses. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for picket
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picket
  1. guard
  2. wall
  3. custodian
  4. preserve
  5. warden
  6. war
  7. guardian
  8. sentinel
Noun
  • Sun-protective clothing has long had an audience with swimmers, surfers and young children donning the trusty rash guard, as well as hikers and athletes.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Lamont over the past eight years has displayed visionary leadership and has adhered to Connecticut’s ‘fiscal guard rails’ rules limiting spending growth and directing surplus revenues toward reserves and pension debt.
    — Kevin McNabola, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of guard
Verb
  • Now, in new arrangements, the Royal Standard will fly whenever Charles is in London, even at Clarence House and not inside the palace walls itself.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 26 June 2026
  • The most successful native of the attention economy now coaches people to wall themselves off from it.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of wall
Noun
  • More from this past week • A transgender woman who works as a custodian at the University of Kansas was reported for using the wrong restroom under a new state law.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Two school custodians have been found shot dead in a Chicago elementary school, according to Chicago ABC station WLS.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of custodian
Verb
  • The harder work—preserving quality, strengthening trust, protecting culture, and investing in people—often produces returns that are slower to appear.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Families with greater financial resources are often better positioned to purchase care, access expert guidance and preserve assets for future generations.
    — Samir Shah, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of preserve
Noun
  • The women tensed when the deputy warden of the Rostov jail, a curt, imperious man with a heavy-footed gait, walked in.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Moses Seixas, warden of Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, presented an address welcoming President George Washington to the city.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of warden
Verb
  • Congress is moving to put more pressure on Sudan’s warring factions, as the three-year war perpetuates one of the globe’s worst humanitarian crises.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 12 June 2026
  • Season 3 continues the bloody battle between the warring factions of the House of Targaryen for control of the Iron Throne.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 June 2026
Definition of war
Noun
  • As families prepare for the first day of classes, parents and guardians are gathering school supplies, arranging carpools and figuring out how their children will get to and from school.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The law requires that minors under 16 link their social media accounts to a legal guardian to ensure supervision.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of guardian
Noun
  • In the film, robotic sentinels have been constructed to kill all mutants and any humans harboring them.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • The observatory has spent over two decades as a sort of orbital sentinel that scans the cosmos for gamma-ray bursts, ready to quickly point itself at the short-lived — but insanely powerful — space explosions at a moment's notice.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of sentinel

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“Picket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picket. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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