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The phrase "ability to pick the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's skill or capacity to choose or select something from a group or set of options.
Example: "Her ability to pick the right candidate for the job has greatly improved our hiring process."
Alternatives: "skill in selecting the" or "capability to choose the".
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It certainly doesn't say much about the judges' ability to pick the winner.
The ability to pick the right managers for the operating jobs.
"We're looking for more of that confidence, more of that ability to pick the winners," Dr. Harper said.
By analogy, the fact that a car can drive itself, and even figure out the best route, doesn't give it the ability to pick the destination.
In a driving game that's going to mean speed, action, and the ability to pick the pad up and have fun very quickly.
Much of Nao's greatness lies in her ability to pick the right collaborators, and now that she's signed to RCA, there'll be no stopping her.
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Board members should have become involved earlier in the process if they lacked confidence in teachers' abilities to pick the best series, Campbell said.
You have the power to pick, the ability to prefer, the responsibility to yourself to favor one thing over another.
But the ability to pick up the phone wherever you are and hear the voice of someone on the other side of the world is still incredible.
But far less criticism has been directly at where the real power lies: the ability to pick from the pool of content and give primacy to some stories over others.
If Piazza doesn't drive in the runs, there are others showing the ability to pick up the leftovers.
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