cherry-pick

verb

ˈcher-ē-ˌpik How to pronounce cherry-pick (audio)
Definition of cherry-picknext
as in to choose
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-pick Mark Duggan, a Stanford University economics professor who has studied the Medicaid system for 30 years, said one long-standing fear is that insurers could use such software to cherry-pick patients for coverage. — Mark Kreidler, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026 This isn’t news, but Trump carefully cherry-picked his way around it. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 Huston unfortunately cherry-picks the best of his state without acknowledging the worst. — Chicago Tribune, 25 June 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 See All Example Sentences for cherry-pick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cherry-pick
  1. choose
  2. select
  3. pick
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  • Mississippians have not chosen a new Democratic senator since 1947, and Democrats last won a Senate race there when that senator, the onetime segregationist John Stennis, won his last reelection in 1982.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Swift’s fans were disappointed by the outcome of the game and how the Seahawks chose to celebrate on social media.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of choose
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  • The Royals selected him in the second round of the 2019 MLB Draft out of Arizona State.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The Sandy Springs City Council this week selected a new development team for the second phase of City Springs.
    — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of select
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  • Others in the sales organization picked it up within twenty-four hours of him sharing it in Slack.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, studios seem to be picking works that come with a hungry audience attached but can still exist independent of their roots.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of pick

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“Cherry-pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cherry-pick. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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