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
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In 2003, the intelligence on Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program was cherry-picked and false.
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Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
Rather quickly, the bears came out and presumed that Blue Owl cherry-picked the best loans and sold most of them to the three arms-length investors and the rest to the captive insurance company.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
The company’s legal rebuttal says Toberoff’s case cherry-picks key information, leaving out important context showing that Musk was aware of and endorsed a conversion.
—Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Like any other young actor, her goal is to gain experience by saying yes to a number of projects, not to cherry-pick them.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
Rather quickly, the bears came out and presumed that Blue Owl cherry-picked the best loans and sold most of them to the three arms-length investors and the rest to the captive insurance company.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
The company’s legal rebuttal says Toberoff’s case cherry-picks key information, leaving out important context showing that Musk was aware of and endorsed a conversion.
—Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Like any other young actor, her goal is to gain experience by saying yes to a number of projects, not to cherry-pick them.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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 9 Mar. 2026.
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