as in selects
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-picks
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.
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Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
The order cherry-picks lawless acts by persons alleged to be members of left-wing groups but never mentions the violence by right-wing groups.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The group’s report cherry-picks information and misrepresents uncertainties.
—H. Christopher Frey, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
The order cherry-picks lawless acts by persons alleged to be members of left-wing groups but never mentions the violence by right-wing groups.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The group’s report cherry-picks information and misrepresents uncertainties.
—H. Christopher Frey, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cherry-picks
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Teenagers who don’t want to play for an NAHL franchise that selects them can search for other leagues in which to skate, which is what several potential Mallards chose to do this season.—
Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2026
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An attention mechanism then selects the most relevant data points, while a Kolmogorov-Arnold Network performs the final prediction of position.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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Every Tuesday of tournament week, the defending champion chooses the menu for his fellow champions, and the lore of the occasion continues to grow.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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Alliances, however, do not mean states have to engage in warfare just because an ally chooses to do so.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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But that level of success is typically designated for a team that owns seven or eight draft picks a year.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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Each month JPMorgan updates its top stock picks across growth, value, income and short investment strategies.—
Itzel Franco,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cherry-picks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cherry-picks. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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