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noun

ˈpi-kət How to pronounce picket (audio)
Definition of picketnext
as in guard
a person or group that watches over someone or something set out a picket to watch the camp

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verb

as in to wall

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Recent Examples of picket
Noun
Wednesday’s picket comes as legislators returned to session earlier this week. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Whether in rural towns or sprawling cities, activists who can mobilize citizens to flood council meetings and hold picket signs are finding success. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026
Verb
Staffers picketed for weeks outside the union’s headquarters at Fairfax Avenue and 3rd Street. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 May 2026 The strike comes amid rising gas prices but was not expected to have a major impact on local prices, according to union workers who picketed. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for picket
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picket
  1. guard
  2. wall
  3. custodian
  4. preserve
  5. warden
  6. war
  7. guardian
  8. sentinel
Noun
  • But with the Heat in search of offense and outside shooting, Heat rookie guard Ryan Conwell was called on to play the first meaningful minutes of his NBA career.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
  • His coronation signaled where the genre was headed—away from the pleading old-guard types and toward a more fluid, hardcore hip-hop hybrid.
    — Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of guard
Verb
  • The trend is being discussed across multiple shelter publications, with designers weighing in on how to translate the concept into concrete choices — from bold artwork to wall treatments to displayed personal objects.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Early on, Netflix would four-wall their titles with some theaters, which was a reliable revenue stream for struggling mom-and-pops.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of wall
Noun
  • Some of the firm’s most successful investments included decentralized exchange Uniswap and crypto custodian Anchorage Digital.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • She’s worked as an evidence custodian, and then as a deputy, and has served in a variety of roles, like as a detective, crime scene evidence technician and field training officer.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of custodian
Verb
  • Defensive end Blake Herold provided the biggest special-teams moment, blocking a 45-yard field-goal attempt by Rhett Armstrong with 18 seconds remaining to preserve the one-point win.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
  • On the day of the operation, Thompson called on Acting ICE Director David Venturella to investigate the collision, including by preserving evidence and cooperating with local authorities.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of preserve
Noun
  • Wasson, by contrast, kicks off by quoting three letters from prisoners in San Quentin, from 1947, addressed to the warden.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Since the story blew up, the warden ordered at least two raids to confiscate anything brought in illegally, TMZ adds.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of warden
Verb
  • Congress is moving to put more pressure on Sudan’s warring factions, as the three-year war perpetuates one of the globe’s worst humanitarian crises.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 12 June 2026
  • Season 3 continues the bloody battle between the warring factions of the House of Targaryen for control of the Iron Throne.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 June 2026
Definition of war
Noun
  • Parents or guardians must still claim and activate those accounts before managing them.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • All the accounts of her story agree that this young heiress, named Maria de Lourdes Fernandes, witnessed the deaths of her parents; her guardian then locked her up and drove her to suicide to get her inheritance.
    — Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of guardian
Noun
  • Tuna are also ecologically important apex predators and serve as sentinels of ocean health.
    — Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The program finally comes to an end For more than 55 years, at least a handful of these satellites have been flying as silent sentinels—until last month.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of sentinel

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“Picket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picket. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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