Thesaurus results for SELECTOR

selector

noun

Definition of selector

as in voter

someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection the librarians who are the selectors of the annual award for best children's book

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Recent Examples of selector Sadly, most physical buttons are dead, with the only survivors being a button for hazard lights, one for the gear selector, and the ones on the doors. — New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026 The compact, rechargeable design features a digital display, preset selector and automatic shutoff. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 The gear selector is on the column, like on a Mercedes, or all manner of machines from Detroit. — Chad Kirchner, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026 At the end of this month, attendees of the Portola Festival will also get a taste of her as a selector. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026 Marshal Yanda When the Hall of Fame selectors meet in person at the Super Bowl in February, they will be tasked with reducing the 15 finalists to seven, before each voter casts his vote for six individuals. — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026 As some selectors are being eliminated so is the traditional system of presentation. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Following the theft on Tuesday, Lanning said that voters should take precautions this election season to ensure that their ballots are received securely.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026
More than 1,500 potential voters signed up for a meeting of the Los Angeles Continuum of Care board to pick a replacement for the core duties of the beleaguered Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of voter

Noun

Lockmakers arguably depended on pickers and thieves to keep them in business.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
China’s long-only quant funds, whose boom Bloomberg tied to their rapid adoption of AI, beat human stock pickers by 20 percentage points in 2025, saw their edge over the index halve by April, and then lost an average 17% in July.

— Milos Maricic, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of picker

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

Definition of chooser

Noun

Three other fake elector cases in Arizona, Michigan and Georgia have been dismissed.

— Jessica Hill, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Robert Piva, 67, of Roseville, was charged with one count each of election law perjury, unqualified elector attempting to vote and election law – fraudulent registration.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of elector

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