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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are being picked up" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that is currently happening, particularly in the context of someone or something being collected or retrieved.
Example: "The packages are being picked up by the delivery service as we speak."
Alternatives: "are being collected" or "are being gathered".
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People are being picked up".
And a lot of these guys are being picked up by other companies.
Ideas that are being picked up by such organizations as The New York Times.
It is telling that these measures are being picked up fastest in councils under Labour control.
The fallout from which is that a lot of innocent people are being picked up, herded and victimised.
Karen settles the EEG headset on me and makes sure my brainwaves are being picked up by the system.
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Instead inflatable boats were being picked up 12 miles off the coast.
Part of the tab, $17.7 million, is being picked up by the city.
More damaged babies were being picked up during routine scans of pregnant women.
On Saturday that sentiment was being picked up by defiant Norwegians.
The last part is being picked up by the Tate in the next month or so".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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