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selecting

ADJECTIVE
appointing
Synonyms




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Study co-author Dr. Jiyi Pang said the newly identified molecular signals could eventually help scientists develop more precise tools for monitoring patients and selecting treatments based on the biology of an individual's disease.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

"Mother remembers," he laughs, selecting the caramel wafers.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

Higher-order organisms have developed a way of triaging that information, selecting what is relevant to our safety and our survival, and making instant decisions about how to allocate our resources and our attention.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

They compared imported varieties for such traits as maturity, yield, plant form and suitability for seed or hay, selecting strains that showed promise for cultivation in the United States.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

“Did you read over the company’s brochure and the spec sheets? The Nexus-6 brain unit they’re using now is capable of selecting within a field of two trillion constituents, or ten million separate neural pathways.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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