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ADJECTIVE
picked
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This May, the Navy selected Saronic along with six other companies to advance to the at-sea testing phase of the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Cullen said she had no idea the poem had been selected for the exam.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Newman has selected Infleqtion and Rigetti Computing as two standouts.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

A US official told the BBC that Kenya was selected due to "proximity, airports in the region having limited capability, and to ensure Americans can be treated in a timely manner".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The process of selection, notably, acts on a physical or biological attribute—and the underlying genes are selected passively as a result.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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