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
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Katz started from the ground up, cherry-picking the perfect swathes of land amid the resort’s 258 acres, and beginning in 2019, planting grape varietals including malbec, merlot, petit verdot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, and sauvignon blanc across 15.5 acres.
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Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2024
Taxpayers deserve an independent and complete review — not cherry-picking topics and then putting a thumb on the scale.
—Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
No algorithm will harm them, and by implementing a single-release strategy, artists can cherry-pick monthly listeners from five completely diverse pools simultaneously.
—Anto Dotcom, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
Why Some Companies Are Yet to Buy into The Idea
After the 2008 recession, the labor market was such that companies would cherry-pick who to employ.
—Kara Dennison, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
To prove the handful of examples on OpenAI’s website were not cherry-picked out of millions of less impressive results, Altman took to social media on Thursday to gather random and often outlandish suggestions for themes his Sora would then transform into videos.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
Avoid cherry-picking information that confirms your original thesis while ignoring contradictory signals.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Related Articles Others argue that misinformation and disinformation don’t need an AI boost: they can be generated by old-fashioned means like misrepresenting what real images show, cherry-picking information or simply making shocking claims without any evidence to back them.
—Irina Raicu, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024
In response, Israel argued that these quotes were cherry-picked, articulated in a moment of trauma and anger in Israeli society, and did not reflect the official policy of the country’s war cabinet.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2024
Taxpayers deserve an independent and complete review — not cherry-picking topics and then putting a thumb on the scale.
—Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
No algorithm will harm them, and by implementing a single-release strategy, artists can cherry-pick monthly listeners from five completely diverse pools simultaneously.
—Anto Dotcom, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
Why Some Companies Are Yet to Buy into The Idea
After the 2008 recession, the labor market was such that companies would cherry-pick who to employ.
—Kara Dennison, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
To prove the handful of examples on OpenAI’s website were not cherry-picked out of millions of less impressive results, Altman took to social media on Thursday to gather random and often outlandish suggestions for themes his Sora would then transform into videos.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
Avoid cherry-picking information that confirms your original thesis while ignoring contradictory signals.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Related Articles Others argue that misinformation and disinformation don’t need an AI boost: they can be generated by old-fashioned means like misrepresenting what real images show, cherry-picking information or simply making shocking claims without any evidence to back them.
—Irina Raicu, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024
In response, Israel argued that these quotes were cherry-picked, articulated in a moment of trauma and anger in Israeli society, and did not reflect the official policy of the country’s war cabinet.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
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“Cherry-pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cherry-pick. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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