pick out
verb
picked out; picking out; picks out
2
: to play the notes of by ear or one by one
picking out tunes on the piano
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Instead, police set aside the evidence suggesting that Parra’s car was different from the vehicle police were pursuing and called in the witness, who picked out Parra as the suspect in a lineup.
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Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
Ndoye’s goal in the 4-1 victory against Sweden in November, where Xhaka picks out Vargas’ in-field movement between the lines, and the latter finds the Nottingham Forest forward behind the opponent’s defence is the perfect example of that.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Padres left fielder Jase Bowen, a 2019 11th-round draft pick out of high school by the Pirates, got his first career hit in the seventh on a single to the delight of his friends and family.
—CBS News, 3 June 2026
Pollard, who’d been a first-round pick out of the University of Kansas in the 1998 NBA Draft, thought of quitting.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
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Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
Ndoye’s goal in the 4-1 victory against Sweden in November, where Xhaka picks out Vargas’ in-field movement between the lines, and the latter finds the Nottingham Forest forward behind the opponent’s defence is the perfect example of that.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Padres left fielder Jase Bowen, a 2019 11th-round draft pick out of high school by the Pirates, got his first career hit in the seventh on a single to the delight of his friends and family.
—CBS News, 3 June 2026
Pollard, who’d been a first-round pick out of the University of Kansas in the 1998 NBA Draft, thought of quitting.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20out. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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