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
  • After all, this appearance was meant to both plug the movie and appeal to Academy Award voters deciding whether or not to give him a Best Actor trophy.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
  • More than 200,000 voters statewide are believed to have missing information.
    Steve Harrison, NPR, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • His family boasts a rich history of musicianship, with his grandfather, a bluegrass picker from South Carolina, serving as a pivotal influence.
    Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The pickers were tasked with helping complete the look of Dollywood's FireChaser Express.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Smith's team summarized how Trump pressured state and federal officials with false claims of election fraud in 2020, recruited Republican presidential electors to support him in key swing states that President Joe Biden won and then spurred a violent mob to march on the Capitol.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • In 2021, a much more organized effort to overturn the election resulted in votes on certifying the Arizona and Pennsylvania electors — and the deadly riot targeting the U.S. Capitol.
    Andrew Solender, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Selector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selector. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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