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Definition of cherry-pick verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

cherry-pick

verb

[transitive, intransitive] cherry-pick (somebody/something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they cherry-pick

he / she / it cherry-picks

past simple cherry-picked

-ing form cherry-picking

to choose the best people or things from a group and leave those that are not so good

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