first pick
noun
1
: the opportunity to choose first
The girls got to choose their partners, and she got (the) first pick.
2
: the person or thing that is chosen ahead of all others
She was their first pick for the lead role in the play.
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Halligan’s appointment came in September, one day after Trump forced out his first pick for the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik Siebert, who resisted pressure to indict James and former FBI Director James Comey.
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Dec. 2025
The Citrus Bowl gets the first pick of SEC teams that don’t make the CFP.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 1 Dec. 2025
That same year, the Sixers won the draft lottery for the first pick of the NBA draft, earning the rights to draft a 6-foot guard from Georgetown University.
—Jared Bahir Browsh, The Conversation, 10 Nov. 2025
The teenage phenom has been the presumptive first pick in the 2026 draft for a few years now, but the early returns on his college career have been merely good instead of historically great.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Dec. 2025
The Citrus Bowl gets the first pick of SEC teams that don’t make the CFP.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 1 Dec. 2025
That same year, the Sixers won the draft lottery for the first pick of the NBA draft, earning the rights to draft a 6-foot guard from Georgetown University.
—Jared Bahir Browsh, The Conversation, 10 Nov. 2025
The teenage phenom has been the presumptive first pick in the 2026 draft for a few years now, but the early returns on his college career have been merely good instead of historically great.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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“First pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20pick. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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