picks out

verb

present tense third-person singular of pick out
as in looks (at)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picks out
  1. identifies
  2. makes out
  3. picks up
  4. eyes
  5. sights
  6. notices
  7. remarks
Verb
  • Hall’s report, also released by the state police on Friday, identifies the Jonesboro couple, who state police said last week were seriously injured and taken to a Memphis hospital.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Montway identifies March and April as a return-planning period, followed by the main northbound season in May and June.
    — Nia Bowers, Ascend Agency, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of identifies
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  • The contemporary media environment makes out-and-out suppression of a book difficult.
    — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
  • Even Fraser makes out with Rainbeau and Damo.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of makes out
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  • The episode picks up when Bret and Robert have their first tense interaction — their vaguely hostile and lightly homoerotic back-and-forth continues to be the highlight of the show for me.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Saudi government picks up the medical bill, as well as families’ travel and accommodation costs.
    — Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of picks up
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  • In another, a marmot eyes the game camera, getting closer and closer to the lens.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Cyprus is also a nexus point for heightened tensions between Turkey and Israel, which eyes Turkish military installations on Cyprus with suspicion.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of eyes
Verb
  • How did Imagineering decide which sights to include and which ones to leave out?
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
  • Our dad got us a job holding the pole, the guy sights on through the thing, surveying.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Definition of sights
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  • Someone notices the haze, the group texts start and facilities teams scramble to decide whether to close windows, change filters, cancel activities or send people home.
    — Sissi Liu, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Now three seasons in, De Oliveira notices just how much of Cruz she’s taken in.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of notices
Verb
  • Nathan Hochman faces backlash after charging an LAPD officer who recorded colleagues’ racist remarks.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
  • As the activist Assata Olugbala Shakur remarks, the chains of oppression can be broken with love, support, and care, and the Black radical imagination cannot be quelled even when our lives are on the line.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
Definition of remarks
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