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 Donadi runs a global network of about two dozen pickers, all based in emerging nations, who look for key pieces on his behalf. The Editors, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025 Photography by Sahiba Chawdhary Under blazing skies at a tea plantation in India's northeastern state of Assam, picker Kamini Kurmi wears an umbrella fastened over her head to keep her hands free to pluck delicate leaves from the bushes. Tora Agarwala, Reuters, 29 Aug. 2025 Always with a pencil in hand, Corso would comically tease his fellow pickers - the hosts, analysts, and celebrities who were part of the show. Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025 Morgan Stanley is encouraging clients to be active stock pickers, according to Shalett. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for picker
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Noun
  • Premium trims gain ventilated front seats, and the gear selector migrates to the steering column, ostensibly to free up cabin space.
    Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • They were whittled down to the final 26 players by a panel of selectors.
    Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But historically, voters have blamed the party in power for a government shutdown.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Exit polls from the 2020 presidential election showed then-Democratic candidate Joe Biden leading Trump among voters aged 18 to 29 by 30% in Virginia.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The story centers around a night where Samu (Cordes) and his girlfriend Siena (ven der Zwaag) return to his old friend group and challenge them to push their boundaries by throwing their keys in a bowl and randomly picking a set, with each chooser spending the night with the owner of the keys.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025

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