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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So many of them have been dreaming of picking out their wedding dress from conception or whatever — maybe just since they got cast on the show.
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Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
During the procedure, the child is put under general anesthesia, and a tiny fiber-optic tube with tweezers at the end goes down the airway and picks out the foreign body.
—Evan Forster, Parents, 17 June 2024
Now the opportunity is in place for the No. 18 pick out of UCLA in the 2023 NBA draft.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Using Gaia data, the researchers were able to pick out groups of stars with similar orbits that were located toward the center of the galaxy.
—Georgina Torbet, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
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Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
During the procedure, the child is put under general anesthesia, and a tiny fiber-optic tube with tweezers at the end goes down the airway and picks out the foreign body.
—Evan Forster, Parents, 17 June 2024
Now the opportunity is in place for the No. 18 pick out of UCLA in the 2023 NBA draft.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Using Gaia data, the researchers were able to pick out groups of stars with similar orbits that were located toward the center of the galaxy.
—Georgina Torbet, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20out. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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