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A Democrat Picks And Chooses

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99%6Exact Match!
verb

• choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

• take up and practice as one's own

• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• take into one's family

• put into dramatic form

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

41%6 One who chooses or picks options from a list
noun

• a person who chooses or selects out

• someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.

33%5Picks and chooses
noun

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

verb

• remove something that has been rejected

• look for and gather

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