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picker

noun

ˈpi-kər

Definition of picker

as in selector

someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection a book reviewer who is one of the pickers of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction

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Recent Examples of picker The next altcoin cycle will look less like a rising tide and more like a stock-picker's market, forcing traders and investors to become more selective than ever. — Anastasia Chernikova, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 The audio source picker from phones is also coming over to the Pixel Watch. — ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026 Among the biggest beneficiaries are veteran stock picker Ron Baron, Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest and mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 12 June 2026 De Jesus describes her life in the 1950s as a waste picker in the Canindé favela in São Paulo, Brazil. — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for picker

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The gear selector, mounted on a lever on the right side of the steering wheel near the wiper controls rather than a traditional gear shift, took some getting used to.

— Keith Laing, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
The car is fit with a four-speed Wilson pre-selector transmission.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026

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Next to Qobuz's quality indicator is the audio output device chooser, which the service refers to as Qobuz Connect.

— PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
As the commentators in a recent American updating of the traditional Passover Haggadah point out, people who identify as Jews have a much easier time these days thinking of themselves as choosers than as chosen.

— Sophia Rosenfeld September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025

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