Cherry-picking

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of cherry picking. alt-of, alternative

    "But the most seismic change is the shift to being supportive of open access. In practice, most of the industry has collectively opposed this for the past 25 years. The Department for Transport has been particularly hostile, seeing it as little more than cherry-picking."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cherry-pick form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"It is a cherry-picking concept."

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