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cherry-pick

[ cher-ee-pik ]

/ ˈtʃɛr iˌpɪk /

Informal.

verb (used with object)

to select with great care: You can cherry-pick your own stereo components.

verb (used without object)

(in retail use) to buy only the sale items and ignore the other merchandise.

Origin of cherry-pick

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby cherry-pick

cherry pie, cherry plum, cherry red, cherry tomato, cherry-bob, cherry-pick, cherry-pie, cherry-red spot, cherry-red spot myoclonus syndrome, cherrystone, chersonese

Example sentences from the Web for cherry-pick

If you cherry-pick science so that it resonates with your belief system, you are not understanding how science works.

The Curious Passions of Mr. Cosmos: Neil deGrasse Tyson On Space, Climate, and Why Curiosity Wins Every Time |Scott Bixby |June 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
You cannot cherry-pick facts that are favorable to your argument and ignore the rest.

Why the Right Couldn't See the Truth | |November 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It is possible to cherry-pick evidence to support any conclusion.

Errol Morris’s “A Wilderness of Error” Revisits Jeffrey MacDonald Case |Raymond Bonner |August 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Like hundreds of its multinational brethren, Apple also is able to cherry-pick its costs.

Latest Record Results Show Apple a Bigger Global Power Than Most Nations |Zachary Karabell |April 25, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

And Masterpiece continues to "cherry-pick the best of what's on offer in the U.K."

Masterpiece, Icon of PBS, Turns 40 |Jace Lacob |January 9, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for cherry-pick

cherry-pick

verb

(tr) to choose or take the best or most profitable of (a number of things), esp for one's own benefit or gain cherry-pick the best routes