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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 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 Miller says robotics have helped dramatically cut the amount of time a warehouse picker spends walking the floor and have taken on difficult tasks like unloading boxes from a trailer on a hot day. — John Kell, Fortune, 20 May 2026 My aunt and uncle, who live in Santa Fe—home to the International Folk Art Market, one of the largest such festivals in the world (the next one is July 9-12)—are devoted flea-market pickers and collectors of antique oddities. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 15 May 2026 There is an enchanting atmosphere given by the feeling of the end of summer and the hard work of the grape pickers. — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for picker

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In some ultra-competitive genres—Northern soul, hip-hop, jungle—selectors have been known to cover up the center stickers of their records, or leave white labels unmarked, to throw boothsnooping DJs off the scent.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
Marcus North, the England national men’s selector, arrived just in time to witness it first-hand.

— Hector Vickers, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Definition of selector

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His platform focuses on battling voter fraud, voter suppression and voter access.

— Freddrell Green, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Woodland voters will decide in November whether to let the city extend water and sewer service beyond its borders, a policy shift that could pave the way for industrial expansion outside the growing Yolo County city.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 27 July 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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