pick and choose

phrase

: to select with care and deliberation

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Don’t most of us pick and choose in Balzac, Zola, and Faulkner? — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Olympic sports are under a different kind of financial pressure as schools pick and choose different ways to fund them. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Carranza can survey the field but carries the ability to pick and choose when to run and when to sling the football. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 Whether or not the music has merit, an artist must contend with the myriad corporate forces that have the power to pick and choose what breaks through the online scrum, and what doesn’t. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pick and choose

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“Pick and choose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20and%20choose. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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