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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picked out
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Security camera video from the family's home shows a deputy, whom the family attorney identified as Jose Guzman, arriving at the Apple Valley home.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026 -
He will be publicly identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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Plastic products are partly made out of oil, which has gone up more than 40% since the start of the war in late February.—
Julian Torres,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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Photons, which are massless, could be made out of massive particles in de Sitter space.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
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At the Qatar World Cup, Kane picked up an early foot injury, which dominated the discussion.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Da Silva picked up three fouls in his first seven minutes of action and didn’t return to the floor until the start of the third quarter.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Picked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picked%20out. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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