Thesaurus results for SELECTOR

selector

noun

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 Our sleeper selectors include Eno Sarris, Andy Behrens, Owen Poindexter, Michael Salfino, John Laghezza, Chris Welsh, Al Melchior and Dalton Del Don. —

Jake Ciely, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026 Music selection is handled by Luca Fiore and Giorgio Miccoli, with top selectors playing on a custom hi-fi system nightly. —

Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026 More famously, Sven Marquardt, worked as a selector for Berghain for almost two decades. —

Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026 This has been confirmed by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, numerous selectors who were in the room, and my vote for coach Belichick. —

Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026 There's also one representative from the Pro Football Writers of America and 17 at-large selectors, including active journalists. —

Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026 The selectors of this year’s Content America’s Copro Pitch six finalists certainly think so. —

John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026 Last season ended bitterly; UConn had a tournament-worthy resume, but was left out by the NCAA selectors for the first time since 2017. —

Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026 There’s a full range of controls for functions like Bluetooth pairing button, power on, tape-type selector, bass, treble and balance. —

Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Still, Harris-Dawson said, some aspects of the tax may not reflect what the voters intended.

— Teresa Liu, Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2018, to further that aim, about 63% of California voters passed Proposition 12, which increased the space that breeding sows were required to have, from something about the size of a small car trunk to the size of a coat closet.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026