Ignore
Ignore verb - To fail to give proper attention to.
Picked
Picked adjective - Singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking.
Both words in one sentence
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The battle of Stalingrad stands out because the German army was forced to ignore the strategy that had been winning the war before then, which saw tough pockets of defense surrounded and picked off at a leisurely pace to conserve men and munitions.
- In the 2nd episode of season 5 of The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon becomes freaked out by the fact that Penny picked up a lazyboy from the garbage, and is constantly trying to convince her to remove it, only for her to ignore his statements and drive him away.
Source: Properly Paranoid -
Traditional media marched in lock-step with the governments and militaries of the world to first ignore and then suppress what was happening with the zombie outbreak, but it is implied that social media and alternative news sites picked up at least some of what was going on.
Source: Literature / World War Z
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Picked and Ignore. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ignore/picked
Ignore & Picked. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ignore/picked>.
Picked or Ignore. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ignore/picked.
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