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The phrase "already been picked" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something has been selected or chosen prior to the current moment.
Example: "The apples from the orchard have already been picked, so we need to find another source for our pie."
Alternatives: "previously selected" or "already chosen".
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But Newmont has been mining there for 32 years, and most of the easiest pickings have already been picked.
Virtually all the low-hanging fruit has already been picked".
It has already been picked up for a second series.
By the time the convention rolls around, the vice-presidential pick has already been picked over.
This is partly because much low-hanging fruit has already been picked.
The low-hanging fruit in the safety field has already been picked".
The lockbox has already been picked if we vote for this kind of a tax bill.
Those who arrive as dawn breaks find the fruit has already been picked clean.
At 23, he admitted that he had already been picked up intoxicated twice recently.
"Eighty per cent of the low-hanging fruit has already been picked".
The department estimated that 250,000 tons of debris from Hurricane Sandy had already been picked up in the city.
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