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
  • In fact, Americans are increasingly disillusioned with both parties, as shown by the rise in unaffiliated voter registration.
    Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Alongside measles in this region, where voters overwhelmingly supported President Donald Trump, there’s another outbreak: one of misinformation about vaccines, distrust of local public health officials and fear of governmental authority overruling family autonomy.
    Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • McDonald, who is biracial, said her grandfather’s family were itinerant citrus pickers working camp to camp before her grandfather became a mechanic at Norton Air Force Base.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2025
  • For one, new technologies, like tractors and robotic fruit and vegetable pickers, dramatically increased farmer productivity in making food.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The statewide prosecutor charged him in 2022 with voting by an unqualified elector.
    Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Texas has 38 electors, behind only California's 54 electors.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Selector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selector. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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