choosey

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Another likely cause of the shifts: Journal editors have become more choosey, says Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong.

From Science Magazine • May 16, 2022

But you can’t be too choosey when you’re going with emojis to try to spell your last name.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2018

Numerous Israeli startups have learned this tough lesson, and they have profited handsomely by being choosey with their investors.

From Forbes • Oct. 7, 2013

She added head teachers had rightly been choosey, only accepting graduates with the highest skills.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2013

So there is, my child, but don’t do like the poor princess who was so choosey that she ended by having to take the crooked stick.

From Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Speed, Nell