cherry-pick
verb
cher·ry-pick
ˈcher-ē-ˌpik 
cherry-picked; cherry-picking; cherry-picks
: to select the best or most desirable
: to select as being the best or most desirable
also
: to select the best or most desirable from
cherry-picked the art collection
Examples of cherry-pick in a Sentence
cherry-picked the spacious corner office for his corporate fief
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Her audience tends to consume her albums as complete sets as opposed to cherry-picking their favorites for their playlists.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 July 2025
Patterson's lawyer, Colin Mandy, accused prosecutors of ignoring some pieces of evidence and cherry-picking others to support their assertion of her guilt.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 July 2025
In both cases, cherry-picking intelligence led U.S. presidents toward strategic failure.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 2 July 2025
Instead, just like the home deals we cherry-picked ahead of this year’s Memorial Day, many of the pieces have achieved virality on TikTok and received our own seal of approval after multiple rounds of testing.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 July 2025
Patterson's lawyer, Colin Mandy, accused prosecutors of ignoring some pieces of evidence and cherry-picking others to support their assertion of her guilt.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 July 2025
In both cases, cherry-picking intelligence led U.S. presidents toward strategic failure.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 2 July 2025
Instead, just like the home deals we cherry-picked ahead of this year’s Memorial Day, many of the pieces have achieved virality on TikTok and received our own seal of approval after multiple rounds of testing.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for cherry-pick
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“Cherry-pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cherry-pick. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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