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 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 All materials will be provided, including bags, gloves and, in some cases, trash pickers. Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025 The mix of veteran pickers and younger local high school kids grab a drink from a water tank and wet their heads to cool off. Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025 And again, another position that is hard to fill are those pickers. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025 But this year half of them did not arrive, and many of his neighbors were scrambling for pickers too. David Culver, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickers
Noun
  • With less than two months out to Election Day, this year's elections -- ranging from hot-button mayoral and gubernatorial contests to a vote over new congressional maps -- are set to ramp up as candidates begin to make their final pitches to voters.
    Grace Sandman, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The county Board of Supervisors directed the changes in response to concerns that had long existed for a small faction of grassroots activists but took on new fervor after the 2024 election — when voters installed three new Republican members of the board.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • They were whittled down to the final 26 players by a panel of selectors.
    Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But then Rotterdam film festival selectors watched the movie and decided to screen it in competition.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Pickers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickers. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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