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handpicked - definition and meaning
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verb hand ; picked or selected with care.verb care or by insiders or an individual .
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From hand pick + -ed . Simple past tense and past participle of handpick .
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CNN ... why arent you covering all the "handpicked ," townhalls for Obama and theliberal dems?
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Paper calls on Sanford to resign 2009
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His "handpicked " staff is a bunch of people who don't know what they are doing.
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Paper calls on Sanford to resign 2009
Carriers are "handpicked ," based on internal rating system and industry ratings.
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Rigged Gitmo Trials Update 2005
Among the striking statements in the prosecutors 'messages was an assertion by one that the chief prosecutor had told his subordinates that the members of the military commission that would try the first four defendants would be' handpicked 'to ensure that all would be convicted.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Rigged Gitmo Trials Update 2005
Mwanawasa, instrumental in Chiluba's 1991 election victory over longtime ruler Kenneth Kaunda, said most delegates admitted to the crucial party convention were "handpicked " Chiluba supporters from provincial and district committees.
ANC Daily News Briefing 1995
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