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pick

[pik] / pɪk /




VERB
break into something closed, locked
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Wu said he focused on picking individual stocks that could beat the market and didn’t mind if the national team was buying or selling ETFs tracking broad indexes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, pick and choose your paid museums and balance with the many free ones.

From The Wall Street Journal

She told us she had not received any formal notification of Israel's plans, and was picking up the details from Israeli news.

From BBC

The question now is: Will Kevin Warsh, the president’s pick to be the next Fed chairman, show the same independence and guts?

From MarketWatch

The intent was to remove map-drawing authority from politicians with a vested interest in picking their constituents and to create a process governed by constitutional rules.

From The Wall Street Journal