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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selectors
Noun
  • Turek is garnering 46% of the vote to Hinson’s 42%, while Libertarian candidate Thomas Laehn is getting 6%, and 6% of voters are undecided, according to the survey from Global Strategy Group conducted for Turek’s campaign.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • There was less agreement over whether there would be a repeat winner; 23 voters chose a previous MVP to claim the award, while 17 gave votes to other candidates, with Joe Burrow leading the way in that category.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Stock pickers' market Lerner is not the only one noting the low correlation and high dispersion in the market.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Currently, informal waste pickers and scrap collectors make up a large portion of Vietnam’s collection system, so the new policy also will factor in that labor so that workers aren’t left behind.
    Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 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

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Selectors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectors. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster