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 takeaway for stock-pickers, though, is far from clear-cut. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025 An engineer with a litter-picker grabbed the fallen cloth and sheepishly moved it behind the machine, out of my line of sight. Billy Perrigo, Time, 14 Oct. 2025 Ira and Myrle hoped to find work as cotton pickers. Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025 Wild-card picks Every week, our pickers select another bet of their choosing that isn’t limited to the games listed above. Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for picker
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Noun
  • Before the first Test against the West Indies on June 25, Labuschagne was called into a meeting with head coach Andrew McDonald and chief selector George Bailey.
    Sam Dalling, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Glock switches, also known as auto sears or selector switches, can be ordered online or made at home with a 3D printer.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cuomo is trying win over undecided voters who disagree strongly with Mamdani on policy, but this approach may resurrect questions about Cuomo’s character.
    New York Times, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM, said in a blog post on Wednesday that the currency intervention has failed and predicted a 15%-30% plunge for the peso is highly likely if voters reject Milei again.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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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