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The phrase "are picked by" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the action of selecting or choosing something by someone or something.
Example: "The best candidates for the job are picked by a panel of experts during the interview process."
Alternatives: "are selected by" or "are chosen by".
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Picking: Colonies are picked by mouth aspiration using standard techniques.
When they are long enough, they are picked by candlelight.
The nominees are picked by readers of NME and NME.com.
Elected officials, whether we like them or not, are picked by voting citizens.
Names alternate each year between male and female and are picked by lottery.
Judges, for example, are picked by the national governing bodies, not the international federation.
The six clerics of the Guardian Council are picked by Ayatollah Khamenei.
The cashew apples are picked by hand, and the curved fruits are first detached and then sun dried.
But there is ostensibly a major difference: American presidents are picked by voters driven by pragmatic concerns, while popes — in Catholicism, God's representatives on earth — are picked by cardinals led by the Holy Spirit.
Under a reformed constitution crafted by Mr Erdogan, four of the board's 13 members are picked by him.
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Its boss is picked by the government.
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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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