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Discover LudwigThe phrase "picked apart" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to carefully examine or analyze something in great detail and often with critical judgment. Example: The group of scientists spent hours picking apart the data from the research study, looking for any flaws or inconsistencies.
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"We're being picked apart.
It can't be picked apart.
Everything the kid does is being picked apart.
The Portuguese picked apart the remnants of Galatasaray's resistance.
Significant elements of the protections are being picked apart, however.
Its foundation was eventually picked apart to build trenches.
The opponents picked apart Ikea's 795-page environmental impact study.
Critics have picked apart each of these decisions.
"The trouble with regional trade agreements is you get picked apart by the first country, then you negotiate with the second country and get picked apart, and then go with the third one and get picked apart again".
The Barroso manifesto will now be picked apart and members may vote on him in September.
They picked apart numbers, discredited programs and offered areas of compromise, all with links.
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