selectors

plural of selector
as in voters
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 selectors Australia’s selectors have made their own mess, displaying an uncharacteristic toothlessness as Warner’s numbers waned. Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 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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Noun
  • That achievement is key for his pitch to voters.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Her win, a surprising triumph in Japan’s deeply patriarchal political system, signals to disillusioned LDP voters that traditional conservatism is alive and well.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ira and Myrle hoped to find work as cotton pickers.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Index funds have historically outperformed most stock pickers over long stretches of time and take a lot of the complexity out of investing, experts said.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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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“Selectors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectors. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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