cherry-pick
verb
cher·ry-pick
ˈcher-ē-ˌpik 
cherry-picked; cherry-picking; cherry-picks
: to select the best or most desirable
: to select as being the best or most desirable
also
: to select the best or most desirable from
cherry-picked the art collection
Examples of cherry-pick in a Sentence
cherry-picked the spacious corner office for his corporate fief
Recent Examples on the Web
In our view, these campaigns often cherry-pick evidence and mask a coordinated effort that targets access and diversity in American colleges.
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Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
Republicans played their part by cherry-picking out specific crimes allegedly committed by undocumented immigrants in an effort to paint the entire immigrant population as somehow particularly dangerous or violent, a narrative that quite simply is not true.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 June 2025
Anyone is capable of cherry-picking media to suit their arguments, of course, and social media has always narrowed the aperture of news events to fit particular viewpoints.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
Simply put, the princess-nail manicure uses the hallmarks of all of these styles and combines them together, cherry-picking the best of what each has to offer.
—Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 11 June 2025
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Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
Republicans played their part by cherry-picking out specific crimes allegedly committed by undocumented immigrants in an effort to paint the entire immigrant population as somehow particularly dangerous or violent, a narrative that quite simply is not true.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 June 2025
Anyone is capable of cherry-picking media to suit their arguments, of course, and social media has always narrowed the aperture of news events to fit particular viewpoints.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
Simply put, the princess-nail manicure uses the hallmarks of all of these styles and combines them together, cherry-picking the best of what each has to offer.
—Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for cherry-pick
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“Cherry-pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cherry-pick. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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