picker

as in selector
someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection a book reviewer who is one of the pickers of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction

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Recent Examples of picker Over the course of the next four decades, Fay got married, raised a family, and worked at various points as a groundskeeper, fishmonger, and fruit picker. Walden Green, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2025 Throughout his life, Fay also worked as a groundskeeper, fishmonger and fruit picker, otherwise staying largely out of the spotlight. Marina Watts, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025 This optimization logic is designed to reduce pickers' travel times while ensuring the orders will be packed and ready to ship on schedule. Steve Banker, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 Signs of froth have been emerging, however, and stock pickers are being forced to navigate a market that has a wide gap between expensive stocks and companies trading at reasonable valuations. Pia Singh, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for picker

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“Picker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picker. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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