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The phrase "a confident pick" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing certainty or assurance about a choice or selection, often in contexts like sports predictions or decision-making.
Example: "After analyzing the statistics, I feel that the Lakers are a confident pick to win the championship this year."
Alternatives: "a strong choice" or "a sure bet".
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My sole prediction is Natalie Portman for Best Actress, in "Black Swan" — a confident pick based less on her battements or pas de bourrées in her role as an aspiring first dancer than the many talented eye-widenings that keep her afloat in a gothic post-Balanchine world.
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He added: "I think there is a very strong case to be made for Elizabeth Warren as not the safe pick but a very confident pick.
I've had "Wreck-It Ralph" at the top of my GoldDerby.com predictions for months, and its Annie Award only makes me feel more confident in that pick.
In the two marquee groups, the straightest hitters are Donald, the world number one, who is my (not very confident) pick as the winner, and Westwood, a wry product of Nottinghamshire whom I will also be cheering on.
Not, as South Carolina's Graham says, "the confident pick".
Dr Fill fills in squares with its most confident pick, and then works through potential crosses.
Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican (and by extension, William Safire) are wrong about John Edwards's not being "the confident pick".
To project that you "are" feeling confident, pick your head up and look out.
"Going forward, Iranian films could be presented with greater confidence and distributors could feel more confident picking them up". Iranian American filmmaker Hossein Keshavarz, whose recent debut feature, "Dog Sweat," was shot "illegally" (or underground) in Tehran to circumvent the censors, was also optimistic about a post-Oscar Iran.
Nigeria were still moving the ball around as the game progressed but they were beginning to tire as their exertions in the heat told, while the US were looking more confident picking their moments to counter at speed from a compact shape as the game went on — much as Klinsmann has repeatedly demanded they do.
"[They are] young and a little bit inexperienced, but obviously it's very exciting that England are confident to pick three batsmen under 25 among their best six batsmen in the country.
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