selecting
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Simpson started only 15 games for Alabama, but the Rams apparently saw enough to determine he was worthy of using their highest pick since selecting quarterback Jared Goff No. 1 overall in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
The teams are also selecting tests related to communications and spacecraft control.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 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
Once studios couldn’t count on a second bump of revenue beyond the box office, they began selecting safer films based on pre-existing properties that were guaranteed to get people into movie theaters.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
In effect, the natural processes of differential survival and reproduction do the selecting.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
