select
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Programs like its price-match guarantee for select hotels and up to 15% in Airbnb credits toward future bookings encourage travelers to re-engage with the platform later.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Samsung and SK Hynix in recent months joined the select group of global companies to hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion or more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
By changing how the meta-atoms are arranged, researchers can select which quantum states pass through the material without being altered and which states undergo statistical changes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Campaigners want that decision to be reversed – a call echoed by the Treasury select committee in a report following its inquiry into student loans last month.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Holly was the obvious choice, but to select his companions was less easy.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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Gruel selects seafood, one of what he calls the country’s “bounty items,” and announces that they will make salmon cakes.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Writing for the majority, Justice Kavanaugh painstakingly selects his words to avoid the ontological question, as if touching it might break something fragile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Should Airbus opt for this type of engine while Boeing selects a more conventional architecture, CFM believes it can cater for both giants of the air.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The presiding officer chairs debates in the chamber, selects speakers in debates and represents the parliament at home and abroad.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Jenna finally selects a Peppermint Patty, and we head back to the counter to pay for the candy.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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Investigators are also examining the role of a private company that conducted parts of the exam process after candidates raised questions about how it was selected.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The findings were published in the globally renowned journal Energy & Environmental Science and were selected as an Outside Back Cover article, highlighting their significance.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Kurdish lawmaker Fasla Yousef, 56, was selected by an electoral body in the northeast province of Hasakeh.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The original and the copy were both crafted by an artist from Azerbaijan named Selhab Mammadov, who was selected without a public process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The sabotage targets had been carefully selected to pinpoint areas that, when attacked, would create bottlenecks in the American war industry.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
It also reveals that early humans in Britain were carefully selecting rare materials and using them to produce and maintain highly refined tools hundreds of thousands of years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Noise challenges, selecting a film franchise and building on a steep hill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
We could rearrange the portfolios differently to tamp down the risk, selecting companies that are not projected to grow so quickly, but the current market environment justifies the risk — and will reward it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
When selecting a red to chill, the consensus is to go for something lighter-bodied and fruity that's low in tannins and has a lower alcohol content.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
She clumped back to the workbench, sat down hard, and began selecting tools.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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