How to Use out of the picture in a Sentence

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  • At least in terms of drama, that project starts with getting the white guys out of the picture.
    Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • In the first snap, the Citadel star smiles for a selfie with one-year-old Malti, whose face is cut out of the picture.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Will Nova find a new and true love now that Dominic is out of the picture?
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Hoops, of course, won’t be completely out of the picture.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 May 2022
  • Two of those four will be out of the picture by Saturday night.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2021
  • For some men, that can push exercise out of the picture.
    Marty Munson, Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
  • With Edgar out of the picture, Homelander moves to regain control of the Seven.
    Alex Raiman, EW.com, 10 June 2022
  • With bowl contention out of the picture, several questions arise about the future of the team and its coaching staff.
    Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2022
  • And a lone hen detaches itself from the wedge and appears to continue to haze the dog even further out of the picture.
    Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 24 Apr. 2023
  • With one defending champ out of the picture, who stands to walk away a Challenge legend this season?
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Those aspirations completely shift with the star point guard out of the picture.
    Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2022
  • With Mond out of the picture for the Aggies and a less experienced quarterback set to take the helm, Fisher may look for a player to lean on in the red zone.
    Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • If Moreno is out of the picture, the Angels would have an opportunity to convince the 28-year-old Ohtani to spend the remainder of his prime with them.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Javi is very, very ambitious, and Marty is constantly trying to get him out of the picture—and sometimes, Omar is even on board.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 23 Jan. 2022
  • He’s always been obsessed with Kate and possibly wanted Malcolm out of the picture.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The election would return Myanmar to the quasi-civilian democratic system that experts say the military can control with the NLD out of the picture.
    Reuters, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
  • With the company delisted from Nasdaq and the senior executives involved in the scandal out of the picture, Luckin Coffee is now trading over the counter.
    Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Today, mothers can be cut out of the picture as men select egg donors out of online catalogues and, after a surrogate gives birth, pose with the newborn.
    Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
  • But Manstrom is not letting the ongoing legal battle take football completely out of the picture.
    Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Now that masking and social distancing are largely out of the picture, respiratory viruses are back with a vengeance.
    Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The story ends in 1945 thanks only to the focus on Europe and the democracy-versus-totalitarianism framing, which crops empire out of the picture.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2022
  • But while Rajapaksa is now out of the picture, his close political ally Wickremesinghe remains firmly in place -- and was sworn in as Acting President today.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 15 July 2022
  • Though your insecurities are not necessarily out of the picture, this might also be a favorable time to find a new way of being comfortable.
    Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022
  • With a running back taken in the third round, McDaniel indicated the selection doesn’t necessarily take the Dolphins out of the picture for another veteran running back.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Potential high school recruits who would typically sign during December’s early period or in February are getting frozen out of the picture more and more.
    C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 24 Apr. 2023

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