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pickup

[pik-uhp] / ˈpɪkˌʌp /
NOUN
boost
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They expect the Bank of Thailand to view the pickup as largely supply-driven and hold rates steady for the rest of 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Tesla also delivered 8,295 “other vehicles,” a category that is primarily made up of Cybertruck electric pickup trucks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Sales from its existing inventory of those cars, as well as its Cybertruck stainless-steel pickup, added up to 8,295 deliveries in the third quarter, less than 2% of its total sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The city also began charging the department for the cost of water, electricity, trash pickup and other city services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

But today she’d decided to drive us to the border herself because there was only room in the pickup for six people.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

GM hiked its full-year profit forecast in July, and this week executives said demand for its diesel-powered Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups remains strong despite record-high diesel prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Boring also said it has finished an industrial tunnel at Tesla’s sprawling factory in Texas that has made it easier to transport finished Cybertruck electric pickups.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Cumulatively, zero-emission vehicles now make up roughly 1 in 12 cars and pickups on California roads, and nearly 1 in 6 new cars sold in the state is fully electric.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

“It’s only in full-size pickups that it’s controversial.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Before long there were twenty late pickups per week, more than double the original average.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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