as in to choose
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
cherry-picked the spacious corner office for his corporate fief
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Recent Examples of cherry-pick
The panel did so after hearing a misleading and cherry-picked presentation from an anti-vaccine activist.
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ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
On Friday, the Board of Regents decided to cherry-pick the investigative facts.
—Wanda James, Denver Post, 24 June 2025
In our view, these campaigns often cherry-pick evidence and mask a coordinated effort that targets access and diversity in American colleges.
—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
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ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
On Friday, the Board of Regents decided to cherry-pick the investigative facts.
—Wanda James, Denver Post, 24 June 2025
In our view, these campaigns often cherry-pick evidence and mask a coordinated effort that targets access and diversity in American colleges.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cherry-pick
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There weary shoppers or passersby can choose from more than 200 types of 100 percent Arabica specialty coffees from 35 countries.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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And the God, who is an omnipotent God, in many ways become impotent, because God has given us the gift to choose.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
28 June 2025
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The Panthers had used a second-round draft pick to select Jonathon Brooks — the best running back in the field, who without an injury exiting college would’ve probably been a first-round guy.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2025
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The film was selected by the likes of the HollyShorts Film Festival and NewFest.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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Premium frozen fruit, picked and frozen at peak ripeness, is often better than fresh fruit.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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Since its Sundance debut, the film has played many festivals, from Cannes to Independent Film Festival Boston, which picked Sorry, Baby as the capstone for this year’s edition of the fest.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
26 June 2025
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“Cherry-pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cherry-pick. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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