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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
Climbers are urged to have their own pickets in case the protection placed by rangers and guides is missing. — Becky Bohrer, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 Tomlin was gifted a memorial picket axe that the entire class signed and presented to him at Wednesday’s graduation. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 May 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
  • Patterson, who turns 27 on Tuesday, has experience at guard and center, and the 49ers needed a backup at both spots considering Toth’s lingering concussion symptoms.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • So the first-year guard had to wait around and trust that his new team would figure out a way to get him in the door.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of guard
Verb
  • Nessel was not involved in the criminal cases, deciding instead to focus on settling lawsuits against the state and wall herself off from the criminal investigation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Now, in new arrangements, the Royal Standard will fly whenever Charles is in London, even at Clarence House and not inside the palace walls itself.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 26 June 2026
Definition of wall
Noun
  • Today, fifth-generation Fiorentinos are the custodians of this old-world, grandest of grand hotels, nearing its 200th anniversary.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Mireles was not found during that search, but his body was discovered a week later by a custodian working on the county property within a few hundred feet of the jail.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of custodian
Verb
  • Greg Rogers, a former FBI agent and SWAT sniper who now teaches at Utah Valley University, said the alleged risk to the crowd should be enough to preserve the aggravating factor at this stage.
    — Michael Ruiz , Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Keen to preserve its heritage, history, and architecture, the Japanese government explored various paths before approaching Hoshino Resorts in 2019 to help realize the vision of transforming it into a hotel.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of preserve
Noun
  • There is no word on when the search for a new warden will commence.
    — Christopher DeRose, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But to Bill Donnelly, the service’s warden, New Jersey’s fire season, like North America’s, can feel unending.
    — Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 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
  • The country has long had one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, now exacerbated by the Taliban’s ban on medical training for women and the requirement that women patients be accompanied to appointments by a male guardian.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Once an account is established, parents, guardians, grandparents and others can also contribute up to $5,000 per year until the year before the beneficiary turns 18.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of guardian
Noun
  • In the film, robotic sentinels have been constructed to kill all mutants and any humans harboring them.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • The observatory has spent over two decades as a sort of orbital sentinel that scans the cosmos for gamma-ray bursts, ready to quickly point itself at the short-lived — but insanely powerful — space explosions at a moment's notice.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of sentinel

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“Picket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picket. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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