select
Example Sentences
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But only a select few can participate: shares in hot IPOs are carefully allocated, with big chunks going to institutions and very wealthy people that don’t leave a lot left for regular retail investors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Ettinghausen said social media firm Meta, which owns Facebook, was "facilitating the law being broken" - a point she raised at a UK Parliament select committee in March.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
By plans laid ahead of time, most caravan vehicles detoured around the party while select caravan cars followed a police escort through the action.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The new secretary of the Army, Pete Geren, was handed a list of the Army generals who would serve on that year’s panel to select which colonels would be promoted to one-star general.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
I guessed it would be Wernher von Braun up there, leading his select crew.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Vocabulary lists containing select
Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 81-90
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Essential English Vocabulary, List 6
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"Charlotte's Web": Chapter One
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