elective
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"We've had no problem covering the rotas and I'm confident we'll be able to provide safe care and the majority of our elective care during the strike as well."
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
One of the greatest plays of our time, Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia,” confronts Goethe’s “Elective Affinities” with our own elective affinities.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
At 19, I had “top surgery”—a euphemism for an elective double mastectomy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
In theory, the elective share acknowledges the joint efforts that both spouses put into their marriage.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026
This class was an elective, so there was flexibility in the roster—we weren’t all in the same grade; Leilani and Shauna, for example, were juniors.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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