as in selector
someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection
among other things, the president must be a good chooser of competent individuals, both for his cabinet and for the U.S. Supreme Court
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Recent Examples of chooser
Next to Qobuz's quality indicator is the audio output device chooser, which the service refers to as Qobuz Connect.
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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
The story centers around a night where Samu (Cordes) and his girlfriend Siena (ven der Zwaag) return to his old friend group and challenge them to push their boundaries by throwing their keys in a bowl and randomly picking a set, with each chooser spending the night with the owner of the keys.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
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
The story centers around a night where Samu (Cordes) and his girlfriend Siena (ven der Zwaag) return to his old friend group and challenge them to push their boundaries by throwing their keys in a bowl and randomly picking a set, with each chooser spending the night with the owner of the keys.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chooser
Noun
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Marcus North looks set to become the first Australian to help pick the England men’s Test team after emerging as firm favourite to become the new national selector.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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National selectors often look to major league teams for star players.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Finally, the sample of respondents who completed all questions in the survey was weighted identically as well as to the result for the 2026 general election horse-race question (including voters leaning a certain way) on the full sample.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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An hour later, the season’s finalists on Fiji made their own case to the jury, propagandizing their games, presenting a narrative a majority of voters would accept.—
Shaan Merchant,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
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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
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In one famous story, some years ago, one successful lunch bidder ended up later being a stock picker for Buffett.—
Robert W. Wood,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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“Chooser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chooser. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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