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as in bets
a person or thing that is chosen
that team is my pick to win the Super Bowl
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as in best
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
the pick of the contestants will go on to the next competition
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as in options
the power, right, or opportunity to choose
you have first pick of your office mates for the softball team
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as in blows
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
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as in harvests
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner
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as in selects
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
I pick you as my partner
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as in provokes
to bring (something volatile or intense) into being
he seems to be trying to pick a fight
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as in stabs
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp
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Recent Examples of picks
Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Here are my picks for the world’s top couples cruise lines (and their most romantic voyages) in 2026.
—Megan Dubois, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Investing in vintage decor will keep you from falling into trends, and these 14 picks will never go out of style.
—Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
The league is considering every possible remedy, including taking away draft picks and overhauling the draft lottery system to reduce tanking incentives.
—Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Photographers may also want to peruse our picks of the best cameras and lenses for capturing the post-sunset realm.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Two people who have spoken to the new Dolphins management said maximizing and collecting draft picks will be a priority for Sullivan and cautioned us not to be surprised if the team trades down in any of the early rounds to accumulate more picks.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
This offseason, the Patriots own 12 draft picks, and five of those are in the first four rounds.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
Her top picks for what to turn to instead include burgundy and oxblood.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 8 Feb. 2026
For more of the best deals in Nordstrom’s sale, check out our top picks below.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
The Wizards traded for the 32-year-old Davis on Wednesday, sending four players and five draft picks to the Dallas Mavericks for Davis and guards D’Angelo Russell, Jaden Hardy and Danté Exum.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
What's Included in Annual Digital This year’s top travel picks from Hot List to Readers’ Choice Awards.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
The Mavericks had the fourth-highest payroll in the NBA, controlled only two first-round picks outright until 2031, and had no second-round picks until 2030, before the Davis trade.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Our luxe picks are dense, so feeling a partner get up in the night was few and far between in our reviews.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
The three-team deal included the Chicago Bulls, who received veteran Dario Saric and future second-round draft picks from Sacramento and Cleveland.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
The commissioner also acknowledged that the fines could conceivably be followed by the revocation of draft picks from tanking teams.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Here are my picks for the world’s top couples cruise lines (and their most romantic voyages) in 2026.
—Megan Dubois, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Investing in vintage decor will keep you from falling into trends, and these 14 picks will never go out of style.
—Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
The league is considering every possible remedy, including taking away draft picks and overhauling the draft lottery system to reduce tanking incentives.
—Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Photographers may also want to peruse our picks of the best cameras and lenses for capturing the post-sunset realm.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Two people who have spoken to the new Dolphins management said maximizing and collecting draft picks will be a priority for Sullivan and cautioned us not to be surprised if the team trades down in any of the early rounds to accumulate more picks.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
This offseason, the Patriots own 12 draft picks, and five of those are in the first four rounds.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
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According to him, the goal is to build a system that modernizes the full lifecycle of a prescription from the moment it’s written to when the patient picks it up, and ideally beyond.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
Her top picks for what to turn to instead include burgundy and oxblood.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 8 Feb. 2026
For more of the best deals in Nordstrom’s sale, check out our top picks below.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
The Wizards traded for the 32-year-old Davis on Wednesday, sending four players and five draft picks to the Dallas Mavericks for Davis and guards D’Angelo Russell, Jaden Hardy and Danté Exum.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
What's Included in Annual Digital This year’s top travel picks from Hot List to Readers’ Choice Awards.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
The Mavericks had the fourth-highest payroll in the NBA, controlled only two first-round picks outright until 2031, and had no second-round picks until 2030, before the Davis trade.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Our luxe picks are dense, so feeling a partner get up in the night was few and far between in our reviews.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
The three-team deal included the Chicago Bulls, who received veteran Dario Saric and future second-round draft picks from Sacramento and Cleveland.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picks
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Prediction markets are taking bets this Valentine's Day that celebrity relationships can thrive — or break apart.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Israeli authorities have arrested several people and charged two on suspicion of using classified information to place bets about military operations on the popular prediction market platform Polymarket.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
12 Feb. 2026
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And if your fourth line is Horvat between Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart, with Bennett — the Conn Smythe Trophy winner last spring — as the 13th forward sprinkled in with some shifts, well, that’s a new definition of depth at best-on-best.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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The two most notable team stats were points in the paint, where the Aztecs scored 52 points; and turnovers, where the visitors committed six while forcing 22, both season bests.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Alarms for doors and windows, smart locks or wearables that detect movement are other options that boost safety and can connect to the caregiver's smartphones.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Over half were additives typically added to ultraprocessed foods; the rest were more natural options, such as the use of lemon juice as a preservative or beet juice for color.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Cheap drinks soften emotional blows.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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But researchers worry that repeated, less dramatic blows, such as heading the ball, can also have long-term effects; there is evidence that players who regularly head the ball are at greater risk of dementia than those, such as goalkeepers, who do not.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The first layer, called the Level-1 Trigger, or L1T, harvests 100,000 events per second, and the second layer, called the High-Level Trigger, or HLT, plucks 1,000 of those events to save for later analysis.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Feb. 2026
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Passive atmospheric water generator MIT engineers invented a revolutionary passive device that harvests clean drinking water from desert air without electricity.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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Each year, the Senate selects one of its members, alternating parties, to read Washington’s 7,641-word address aloud in a legislative session.—
Tiago Ventura,
Time,
14 Feb. 2026
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Like Victor Frankenstein, who diligently selects body parts from corpses to stitch together his humanoid creation, the Mexican director carefully assembled his troupe of movie magicians.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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The aroma of coffee brewing reliably provokes desire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Deadline can reveal the first trailer for the radical love story revolving around Suzanne and undocumented migrant Osmane, whose relationship provokes a wave of anger and indignation all around them, forcing them to resist.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2026
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Keeping gladiolus and other bulbs in bulb cages or a DIY cage made of chicken wire can add extra rodent protection and make sure nothing nibbles on your plants.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Picks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picks. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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