pick up on
Example Sentences
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"What I love about One Piece, I presume that people pick up on similar things, is that the messages of the story are so universal," she says.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
Cohen: I want to pick up on Henry’s comments about companies’ differentiated success in implementing AI, and Rajiv’s citation of the MIT study indicating that many companies are just spending money without seeing value.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
Amid the evidence, investigators have yet to explain how the pair became radicalized to the point of carrying out such an attack, and why authorities didn’t pick up on it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Lynsey Addario: I think it’s the empathy that people pick up on.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
He shook his head at me, just in case I was too out of it to pick up on the look, before turning around without saying a word.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
