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 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 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 But then Rotterdam film festival selectors watched the movie and decided to screen it in competition. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selector
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
  • Nashville native and Commodores fan Nate Bargatze will serve as this week's guest picker, his second time at the desk.
    Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Nashville native and comedian Nate Bargatze will serve as the celebrity guest picker.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 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
Noun
  • When a federal district judge threw out Bost's lawsuit in 2022, the decision stemmed from the question of whether the congressman and the electors had the grounds to sue, not the merits of his legal argument about mail-in ballots.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Johnson's office coordinated with Pennsylvania U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly to get the false elector documents to Pence, but Pence rejected the efforts.
    Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Selector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selector. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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