CHERRY-PICKS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

cherry-picks

verb

present tense third-person singular of cherry-pick

as in selects

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-picks The order cherry-picks lawless acts by persons alleged to be members of left-wing groups but never mentions the violence by right-wing groups. — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 Huston unfortunately cherry-picks the best of his state without acknowledging the worst. — Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026 The group’s report cherry-picks information and misrepresents uncertainties. — H. Christopher Frey, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025 The company’s legal rebuttal says Toberoff’s case cherry-picks key information, leaving out important context showing that Musk was aware of and endorsed a conversion. — Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026

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This information is continuously shared across a command-and-control network that decides whether an engagement is necessary, selects the most suitable interceptor, and determines the optimal launch time.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
For each match, the model compares the two teams’ FIFA ranking points, converts the rating difference into a win probability, and randomly selects a winner using that probability.

— Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of selects

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Even still, no matter whether a rider chooses to lay their head in a hotel or a tent, anyone who's spent the day enjoying the open road covered by State Farm Insurance will rest far easier that night.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
Whether Weiss chooses to acknowledge the standings or not, the NL East race has become one of baseball's most compelling second-half storylines.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of chooses

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New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
And with all the trades Peterson has pulled off in his tenure at the helm, the Hornets boast a treasure trove of draft picks just over the next five years alone.

— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026

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