first pick
noun
1
: the opportunity to choose first
The girls got to choose their partners, and she got (the) first pick.
2
: the person or thing that is chosen ahead of all others
She was their first pick for the lead role in the play.
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Given how the draft order shakes out, the White Sox will have the first pick of Round 2 and each subsequent round.
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Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Washington will get first pick in the draft, the same process that once brought Bryce Harper (now with Philadelphia) and Strasburg (now retired) to the club.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
With the first pick of the seventh round, the Lightning took goaltender Caleb Heil of Madison of the USHL.
—Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
The 6-to-3 decision allows public high school officials to require student-athletes to submit to random urinalysis as a condition of being allowed to play interscholastic sports.
1996 — NBA Draft: Georgetown guard Allen Iverson first pick by Philadelphia 76ers.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Washington will get first pick in the draft, the same process that once brought Bryce Harper (now with Philadelphia) and Strasburg (now retired) to the club.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
With the first pick of the seventh round, the Lightning took goaltender Caleb Heil of Madison of the USHL.
—Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
The 6-to-3 decision allows public high school officials to require student-athletes to submit to random urinalysis as a condition of being allowed to play interscholastic sports.
1996 — NBA Draft: Georgetown guard Allen Iverson first pick by Philadelphia 76ers.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
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“First pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20pick. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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