cherry-picks

verb

present tense third-person singular of cherry-pick
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 Huston unfortunately cherry-picks the best of his state without acknowledging the worst. — Chicago Tribune, 25 June 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 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
  1. selects
  2. chooses
  3. picks
Verb
  • Some of the production’s strongest moments feature this sort of tricky tonal pivot, as when a punkish gamer (a terrific Wren Rivera) is unveiled as the gleeful consultant who selects organ recipients using an algorithm.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The user selects a preferred SubTone background in the app and presses start.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of selects
Verb
  • As the product discovery process becomes more fragmented, with social commerce growing while physical retail draws shoppers back, Olson said friends and family have become the number-one influence on how a person chooses what to wear.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • And if Mother Nature chooses to rain on your parade, the Soundcore Boom 2 Plus is completely protected from dust and water with its IPX7 waterproof rating.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of chooses
Verb
  • Injuries to potential top NFL Draft picks OT Trevor Goosby and DE Colin Simmons have hurt Texas, but haven’t held it back.
    — PJ Green November 2, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Chicago Bears traded for All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons in a blockbuster move Thursday, sending a package that included two first-round draft picks to the Tennessee Titans.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
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“Cherry-picks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cherry-picks. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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