Thesaurus results for PICKERS

pickers

noun

plural of picker

as in voters

someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection a book reviewer who is one of the pickers of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction

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Recent Examples of pickers My aunt and uncle, who live in Santa Fe—home to the International Folk Art Market, one of the largest such festivals in the world (the next one is July 9-12)—are devoted flea-market pickers and collectors of antique oddities. —

Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 15 May 2026 Strawberries also highlights the various challenges that foreign fruit pickers have encountered in real-life trials, from language barriers and religious and cultural differences to the fear of being stigmatized back home. —

Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026 The company also provided gloves, bags and trash pickers for Sunday’s cleanup. —

Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026 However, this latest setback has attracted stock pickers who think some names have been unfairly sold off. —

Sarah Min, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 To support themselves in the off-season, many chile pickers tend the ruminants, selling them for meat and selling their milk and manure. —

Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026 In exchange for this life-threatening work, most waste pickers earn only a few dollars a day — far below minimum wage. —

CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026 Wang said it could be held by hand, allowing grape pickers to instantly check ripeness before harvesting across the wine industry. —

Maureen MacKey , Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026 Since picnickers, hikers, swimmers, and berry pickers are in the woods then and children are at play, summer is when most snake-bites occur. —

Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Much more likely is that the Virginia Democrats will have to try again in the next election cycle with another vote to amend the state constitution and another referendum to try to get voters to draw a more aggressive map.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
In an era where politics are far too often about choosing the least worst option, voters in this election are left with the political version of the Angels baseball team.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026