"widely picked" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means that something has been chosen or selected by a large number of people or a wide audience. Example: The movie was widely picked as the best film of the year by both critics and audiences.
The NBC report was widely picked up elsewhere.
The research was widely picked up – including by the Guardian – and quickly went viral.
Mourinho's quotes were widely picked up and, according to Chelsea, taken out of context as sensational headlines appeared the following day in other newspapers.
But it was the interview with Mr. Rose, televised by CBS and PBS last Monday, that was the most widely picked up by the international media.
But the National Weather Service, in describing this month's particularly thick storm, used the term haboob, which was widely picked up by the news media.
It has been widely picked up by the French press, and suggests that Marine Le Pen is the most popular first-round presidential candidate among voters aged 18 to 24.
An introverted child, she read widely, picking long novels off the shelves, and often inventing and inserting a character like herself into the narrative: a Maisie who recorded the foibles of the adults around her. Her childhood was full of comings and goings.
If they are swinging widely, just pick a moment where they are winding back up and move in.
Some newspapers like Sozcu, a widely circulated daily, picked a rougher language.
On 14 March, the latest panel of Orange judges will announce its 10th long list, which will be widely reported and picked up by reading groups.
But what's interesting is how widely the media picked it up.
