pick up on
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Sometimes the Terminal Crew laugh at certain details the audience wouldn’t pick up on — laughs that were only meant for his friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
If a fitness tracker measures body temperature, it can pick up on this early symptom.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
More broadly, as a gauge of future readiness, we can only pick up on so much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
"These things are being designed for virality, and then of course the algorithms pick up on them," said Farid, from GetReal Security.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
He began holding required meetings in the schoolhouse to inform them about vitamins and to let them know, in passing, whatever news he managed to pick up on his crystal set.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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