pickings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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We are small fry by most standards, but I can imagine state lawmakers looking at us as easy pickings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Daniel and five others are searching for just tiny fragments, but pickings are thin.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
But for 2½ hours she got the error message and could not access the pool of tickets until 12:30 p.m., by which time, she said, “the pickings were slim.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Squirrels should be smart enough to take the easy pickings over the puzzle box.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026
Great flocks of them have been migrating through here since I’ve arrived, and the pickings are easy.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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