as in to make out
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Recent Examples of pick out
Freeland, the No. 8 overall pick out of Evansville in 2014, started ’15 hurt with a shoulder impingement.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
Sprague starts in Salem Shea Sprague, a former BC High standout from Wellesley and Boston’s 13th-round pick out of the University of North Carolina last summer, has been assigned to Low-A Salem to start his first full professional season.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Another witness also picked out a random person as the shooter.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2025
In the beginning, Bernard and Guy Lansky helped Elvis pick out a wardrobe full of what became the singer's signature color: pink.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
Sprague starts in Salem Shea Sprague, a former BC High standout from Wellesley and Boston’s 13th-round pick out of the University of North Carolina last summer, has been assigned to Low-A Salem to start his first full professional season.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Another witness also picked out a random person as the shooter.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2025
In the beginning, Bernard and Guy Lansky helped Elvis pick out a wardrobe full of what became the singer's signature color: pink.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Chargers got a bruising running back in North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton, and Rams made out like bandits in a trade with Atlanta, bailing out of the 26th pick in exchange for the Falcons’ second-rounder — the Rams didn’t have a selection in that round — and a first-rounder in 2026.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Shipping companies and merchants and wholesalers made out like bandits.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Apr. 2025
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Exposure is believed to be limited, and known contacts have been identified and contacted.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
19 Apr. 2025
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Family members of one victim who died identified him as 57-year-old Robert Morales.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Muhammad was especially effective in his wrestling, racking up nine takedowns on 13 attempts and picking up 12:02 of control time.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Officers picked up a child answering to Dylan in the Lykins neighborhood of east Kansas City around 6 p.m., near the intersection of Independence and Drury avenues, according to a KCPD spokesperson.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2025
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The young fish sighted this month mark the next generation of what was the last population of steelhead in the Santa Monica Mountains, a range that stretches from the Hollywood Hills to Point Mugu in Ventura County.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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As of Monday, thousands of the critters — called velella velella or by-the-wind sailors — have been sighted along the California coastline since the start of March, according to iNaturalist, an online platform for sharing biodiversity information.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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People can improve their ability to notice and feel this positive emotion.—
Monica Y. Bartlett,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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Is there construction around Epic Universe? Those who have been to Epic Universe's previews or have driven around the area recently might notice the construction on the roads and areas outside of the park.—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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The policy’s backers view it as a means of spurring economic activity, and a step forward in a broader effort to boost Sacramento’s nightlife.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Mindset Shift: Life By Compass Perhaps the most profound contribution of design thinking to life planning is the shift from viewing your future as a blueprint to seeing it as a compass.—
Jennifer Kamara,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Section 301 tariffs—levied on imports from nations the U.S. perceives to be engaging in unfair trade practices—also pile on top of those.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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The 1980s brought an interest in the Necker cube, an optical illusion in which a two-dimensional drawing of a cube is perceived as having three dimensions and two possible spatial orientations.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20out. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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