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
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  • How many voters supported, opposed Measure G In Nevada County, the largest portion of the library district, voters supported Measure G with by a 7-to-3 margin.
    Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • As for the upcoming contest between Stefanik and Hochul, a Siena College poll from September shows the incumbent with a 25-point lead despite New York voters’ dissatisfaction with her job performance.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025
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  • Palestinian olive pickers have been attacked at least 259 times since the harvest season began last month, according to figures gathered by the Palestinian Authority’s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC).
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Warren Buffett, one of the world’s great stock pickers, has even said index funds are the best choice for average Americans.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 7 Nov. 2025
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  • 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
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  • Duncan, Kemp, and GOP Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger resisted efforts by the president, his underlings, and some GOP state legislators to reverse former President Joe Biden’s Georgia win by appointing an alternate slate of electors.
    Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
  • 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

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“Selector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selector. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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