handpick

Example Sentences

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Other companies handpick the investors to whom they sell new shares or allow to purchase stock from employees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

"This way, we do not have to handpick which groups should be emphasized. It's all automated based on which groups make up that middle slice of data."

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024

The valley above Hood River is honeycombed with farms that have also become destinations where one can handpick fruit, snack outside on picnic tables and bring the dog.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

“Unsurprisingly, litigants have taken advantage of these orders to handpick individual district judges seen as particularly sympathetic to their claims.”

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

"No stowaways, little girl. I handpick my passengers."

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper