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 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 The Hall intends to have a coach and contributor subcommittee each consisting of 11 voting selectors and three alternates. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 In some ultra-competitive genres—Northern soul, hip-hop, jungle—selectors have been known to cover up the center stickers of their records, or leave white labels unmarked, to throw boothsnooping DJs off the scent. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
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Noun
  • Though 57% of voters say the Democratic Party does not have a clear vision for the future, Republicans hold no advantage in this category either, according to a CBS News poll released on Sunday.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026
  • But many voters turned their backs on the party when Lula and other leaders became embroiled in corruption scandals in the 2010s.
    — Catherine Osborn, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Clashes between Israeli settlers and Palestinian olive pickers also took place on Friday near the villages of Burqa and Turmus Ayya, which are located in the central West Bank, WAFA reported.
    — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Lockmakers arguably depended on pickers and thieves to keep them in business.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
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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