the pick of the bunch

noun phrase

: the best one of a group

I read many books this summer, and that was the pick of the bunch.

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But the pick of the bunch might be Metroid Prime 4, the latest (and long-awaited) entry in one of the oddest and eeriest first-person shooter franchises of all time. —

Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025 One woman applied a dolphin design to her face; one of the men in the group got a barbed wire design running across his neck; while the pick of the bunch saw another of the guys opt for an Illuminati-style pyramid tattoo on his forehead. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 Callum Burton was the pick of the bunch last night, twice denying United striker Rhian Brewster, including from the penalty spot. —

Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024 Yet the pick of the bunch was a second Masters triumph last month. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024

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