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Recent Examples of pickers
The company also provided gloves, bags and trash pickers for Sunday’s cleanup.
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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
The supply chain involves numerous players from farmers to pickers, brokers, transporters, exporters and market traders all moving the leaves daily, making the plant one of Kenya’s more significant horticultural products.
—Joseph Maina, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Student groups expressed outrage because, at the time, a nationwide Taco Bell boycott was underway to pressure the restaurant to improve the wages and working conditions of its tomato pickers.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2026
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
The supply chain involves numerous players from farmers to pickers, brokers, transporters, exporters and market traders all moving the leaves daily, making the plant one of Kenya’s more significant horticultural products.
—Joseph Maina, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Student groups expressed outrage because, at the time, a nationwide Taco Bell boycott was underway to pressure the restaurant to improve the wages and working conditions of its tomato pickers.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickers
Noun
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The 6-3 ruling effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act’s requirement that districts be drawn to give minority voters a chance to elect representatives of their choosing.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The bills were proposed as polls show American voters have broader concerns about mass data collection by both private companies and the government.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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National selectors often look to major league teams for star players.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Our sleeper selectors include Eno Sarris, Andy Behrens, Owen Poindexter, Michael Salfino, John Laghezza, Chris Welsh, Al Melchior and Dalton Del Don.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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“Pickers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickers. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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