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picker

noun

ˈpi-kər

Definition of 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 The audio source picker from phones is also coming over to the Pixel Watch. — ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026 Among the biggest beneficiaries are veteran stock picker Ron Baron, Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest and mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 12 June 2026 De Jesus describes her life in the 1950s as a waste picker in the Canindé favela in São Paulo, Brazil. — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 26 May 2026 Miller says robotics have helped dramatically cut the amount of time a warehouse picker spends walking the floor and have taken on difficult tasks like unloading boxes from a trailer on a hot day. — John Kell, Fortune, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for picker

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Thankfully, though, there are quite a few physical buttons, alongside a gear selector that resembles an airplane throttle, and a rotary drive-mode knob.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026
The gear selector's placement on the right side of the steering column, rather than in the center console, took some getting used to.

— Keith Laing, USA Today, 30 July 2026

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Learn more about voter resources and details about key races in the WCCO 2026 primary election guide.

— Esme Murphy, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Also complicating matters is that some voters already have cast absentee ballots for Democrats who have bowed out of the race but remain on the ballot.

— Gaby Vinick, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

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Next to Qobuz's quality indicator is the audio output device chooser, which the service refers to as Qobuz Connect.

— PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
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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