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picker

[pik-er] / ˈpɪk ər /
NOUN
reaper
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“It’s really masking what is a quite obvious correction. If you’re a stock picker, or you own anything besides a few select tech names, it can be a big problem.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Ashmore, who has completed numerous murals for businesses, said he had always intended to hire a cherry picker to finish the job, but would not be pressured into "rushing" it.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

An optometrist and physician by training, Wertheim founded Miami-based Brain Power, a company that develops technology for the eyewear industry, and has made a reputation as a successful stock picker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

AI cannot make you a better stock picker.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

Dan Martin started the cherry picker and drove it under the aerie.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

When the first day of the apple harvest rolled around in Washington State last year, the fruit was ripe and the pickers were ready – but the weather had other ideas.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Even skilled stock pickers are finding that time is working against them, Parker found.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

But there are optimists too, such as a man who told us his last name was Zhang, standing alongside potato pickers in a field near the data centres.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Stock pickers almost never beat the market over time.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Many of the girls in Troop 11 were from working-class, even poor, families— children of domestic servants, crab pickers, laborers—whose parents spent most of their waking hours trying to make ends meet.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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