select

Example Sentences

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Last month, Unesco recognised it as a Creative City of Gastronomy - adding it to a select list of global cities and kindling hopes that it will spotlight Lucknow's sublime food.

From BBC

After a knee injury ended his college career three games into his junior season, Jack was selected by the Jaguars in the second round of the 2016 draft.

From Los Angeles Times

Datasection said at the time that Amaterasu had been selected for its expertise and independence, as well as cost considerations.

From Barron's

“While there have been a select few transactions in the space, these have been concentrated on asset sales by distressed operators, and we expect the M&A backdrop to now improve,” Tyghe added.

From MarketWatch

This was considered an honor, but Amy and I had an additional motive: We believed we would glean more from observing the friends they selected than we would from scouring their backpacks.

From The Wall Street Journal