pick and choose
Example Sentences
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“Unlike many bands who pick and choose who they want to be, who are created around a leader, we were not created around the leader,” she explains.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
“They pick and choose when they respond to demand to help support power markets.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Williamson is no longer obliged to play for New Zealand, having signed a casual playing agreement that gives him freedom to pick and choose when he is available.
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
"We're in this really great place, that I hope will continue, where we're getting to pick and choose what we want to do - rather than it being forced or an expectation," she added.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
If she let him talk for minutes and minutes whenever he wanted they’d just pick and choose quotes to suit their story, and not necessarily his.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
