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as in choice
a person or thing that is chosen
that team is my pick to win the Super Bowl
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2
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 option
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 blow
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 to harvest
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 to choose
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
I pick you as my partner
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as in to provoke
to bring (something volatile or intense) into being
he seems to be trying to pick a fight
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as in to stab
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 pick
Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Rookie watch Tristan da Silva was a healthy scratch for the third straight contest as the No. 18 pick has seemingly fallen out of Orlando’s two-deep rotation.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025
Rookie watch After only playing three minutes against the Clippers, No. 18 pick Tristan da Silva did not see the floor against the Spurs, recording just his fifth DNP-CD.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Peyton Watson, the No. 30 overall pick in 2022, finished eighth on the Nuggets last season in total minutes, while Braun was seventh, trailing only Denver's starting five and Jackson.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Rookie watch Tristan da Silva was a healthy scratch for the third straight contest as the No. 18 pick has seemingly fallen out of Orlando’s two-deep rotation.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
With assertions that the other side has essentially cherry picked the texts, Baldoni and his team have repeatedly denied any such smear campaign was ever unleashed.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025
Rookie watch After only playing three minutes against the Clippers, No. 18 pick Tristan da Silva did not see the floor against the Spurs, recording just his fifth DNP-CD.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick
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The casting choices might raise a whole host of interesting questions about how this Venice reflects our own time, but Leon doesn’t foreground, or even really acknowledge, them.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Her personal bests are 12.24 and 11.09, respectively.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Delaney, who has been public about his own experience with death in losing his toddler-aged son to a brain tumor, and Slate, a comedian with the soul of a poet, are each at their bests here.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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And then the studio started coming up with other options.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Tilt them up for a loveseat, or lay them down flat for more seating options for you and your guests.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
9 Apr. 2025
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Image Other economists also said the blow to the labor market, which had cooled before Mr. Trump embarked on his global trade war, could be severe.—
Tony Romm,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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His ruling, stopping the TPS revocation while the lawsuit plays out in his court, was a blow to the Trump administration.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025
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The American Journal of Transplantation study found that China is likely violating the dead donor rule, an ethical norm which requires all organ donors to be dead before their organs are harvested.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Finally, remember to harvest beans regularly to keep plants productive.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
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Mazin chose to use this challenge in Season 2 rather than gloss over it.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
5 Apr. 2025
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When asked to reflect broadly on his career, Paul chose to look back in pride.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at the White House that the administration maintained confidence in Waltz and said the case was effectively closed, even as the breach provoked bipartisan criticism and opened up divisions inside the White House.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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As an abstraction and comparison machine, Pronouns provokes anxiety, getting at the dangers of correlation.—
Mara Mills,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Nearby attractions: People watch at Rio de Janeiro park, nibble on a fresh pastry from Rosetta bakery, and dive into current exhibitions at OMR Gallery.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
7 Apr. 2025
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For years, pitching coach Kyle Snyder has preached the benefits of aggressively throwing the ball across the plate instead of nibbling around the corners, and now he’s got a half-dozen starting pitchers prepared to buy in.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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