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What is "cherry-pick"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cherry-pick

"to select the very best selfishly," 1959 (implied in cherry-picking), American English ("Billboard"), a pejorative figurative sense,from cherry (n.) + pick (v.). Related: Cherry-picked.

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cherry-pick

vb. (context idiomatic English) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.

Usage examples of "cherry-pick".

Their best cherry-picking clothes had been packed for travel, and they would not have even considered going to Lord Semichastny’s party in anything else.