CHERRY-PICKED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

cherry-picked 1 of 2

adjective

as in selected

singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking claims that the committee used only cherry-picked facts in their report on the state of the nation's economy

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cherry-picked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of cherry-pick

as in picked

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities cherry-picked the spacious corner office for his corporate fief

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Recent Examples of cherry-picked

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And besides that, Meyer said, the league’s timeframe is cherry-picked. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 July 2026 This isn’t news, but Trump carefully cherry-picked his way around it. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 That youthful presence feels almost too current, as the movie’s satire focuses disproportionately on genre discourse cherry-picked from just the last few years. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 June 2026 Bianco argued that crime data put out by the state has been cherry-picked by liberals to make law enforcement look bad. — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026 Now that Mozilla has revealed a dozen of them, the same critics will surely claim they too were cherry-picked and conceal less accurate results. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2026 Grimes said that the defense cherry-picked a series of events from years ago to paint a picture that Dowling conspired with Randazzo and Jones, but that the evidence presented did not show with certainty that is what happened. — ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026 In 2003, the intelligence on Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program was cherry-picked and false. — Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026 Yes, these stats are cherry-picked. — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cherry-picked

Adjective

Some cool features include a kill switch that automatically disconnects you from the internet if the VPN connection fails, as well as split tunneling that allows selected apps to use the VPN connection while others transmit data in clear text.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
These pre-selected fighter pilots and their families moved into their apartments during the summer of 1960 after residing at the Frunze Central Airfield in Moscow.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 May 2026

Definition of selected

Verb

Later that day, her most devout followers rented a fleet of RVs, picked Didulo up from her apartment, and began driving across the country.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
The group quickly grew at home and received attention from beyond — in its first year running, Futsi was picked to host the International Street Football Association’s Northern California regional qualifier for its inaugural World Cup tournament.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of picked

Adjective

Zuckerberg warned of risks if control of advanced AI is concentrated with a select few companies, institutions or governments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Pay attention, then, to the rate climate not only on the months in which the Fed holds its meeting but each day as multiple factors here can impact the merits of select interest-earning vehicles.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of select

Adjective

Miller also asked Marco Rubio who his favorite rapper is, and the secretary of state gave the honors to Tupac.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026
Aside from the team information, shown below is each game’s rating, the probability of the favorite winning, the median score for each team and the median margin of victory for the favorite.

— Loren Maxwell, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of favorite

Adjective

Wisconsin is famous for its Friday fish fry, and regulars are fiercely loyal to their preferred local restaurants.

— CBS News, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Of those families, the district accommodated 69% of the requests, while about 118 families were not transferred to their preferred school, Spielberg said.

— Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026

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