selectiveness

Example Sentences

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They have opted for inclusiveness over selectiveness, leaving no stone unturned.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021

Obviously, you can’t describe everything, so it requires a kind of selectiveness.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2020

The selectiveness also lends status: the attuned eye immediately recognizes a Farrow & Ball red such as Incarnadine or Blazer.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 11, 2019

Still, despite his selectiveness, le Carré has always been a peerless storyteller — and central to both espionage and novel writing is the ability to make up stuff and get others to buy it.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2016

That is, the reason why the conflict of responses does not end in a deadlock, but in a redirection, is that a certain selectiveness of response comes into play.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.