selector

as in voter
someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection the librarians who are the selectors of the annual award for best children's book

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Noun
  • Trump won the 2016 and 2024 U.S. presidential elections in part by appealing to working class voters hurt by the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs over many years.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 27 May 2025
  • Both men are now courting voters who backed the hard-right libertarian Sławomir Mentzen, who won nearly 15% in the first round.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Ramsay’s filmmaking is undeniably powerful, engulfing us in the sick stew of Grace’s mind while flooding the soundtrack with music from Lou Reed, David Bowie, and the Cocteau Twins (Ramsay has always been an apt picker of songs that tell the psychic story of her films’ protagonists).
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
  • Get a lifetime subscription to this stock picker for only $55.19 with code SAVE20.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • He was charged by the state on Oct. 30 with one count each of unauthorized elector attempting to vote and making a false affidavit for the purpose of securing voter registration, court records show.
    Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 June 2025
  • Another is going to tell something from the conclave of cardinal electors (essentially sworn to secrecy) who met in the Sistine Chapel to ...
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 19 May 2025
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“Selector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selector. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.

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