pickers

plural of picker
as in voters
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 pickers The risks are especially acute for temporary workers, subcontractors and waste pickers, the study said. Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 June 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 would be the pickers going through drawers looking for a good deal, and the antique-loving Southerners hoping to find a set of Chantilly silver to complete their 12-person table. Heather Bien, Southern Living, 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 Strawberries also highlights the various challenges that foreign fruit pickers have encountered in real-life trials, from language barriers and religious and cultural differences to the fear of being stigmatized back home. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026 Plastic waste is largely collected as part of the dry-waste stream under municipal systems, with significant contribution by informal waste pickers and scrap dealers. Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026 The company also provided gloves, bags and trash pickers for Sunday’s cleanup. Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026 However, this latest setback has attracted stock pickers who think some names have been unfairly sold off. Sarah Min, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
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Noun
  • Platner's departure from the race puts pressure on the party to choose a replacement candidate who can win over Platner's loyal voters and appeal to independents who are key to Collins' electoral success.
    Tamara Keith, NPR, 14 July 2026
  • In 2018, California voters approved Proposition 7, which was supposed to give the Legislature the authority to impose year-round daylight saving time — but only if the federal government allowed states to do so.
    Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The Edsel also introduced the Teletouch transmission, which placed push-button gear selectors in the center of the steering wheel.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
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

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