- present participle of select.
selecting
Example Sentences
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Emmanuel Banuelos spent weeks planning the perfect proposal, selecting a picturesque spot at a Laguna Beach park, enlisting his soon-to-be sister-in-law as a videographer and booking a mariachi band to play his girlfriend’s favorite music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
And so EU member states are selecting strategic partners that they believe suit their national needs, even if that alienates or irritates fellow member states.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
But only New York was willing to gamble on a player who had played so few actual games, selecting him in Round 12.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
A battlefield dominated by fully autonomous drones capable of selecting and engaging targets without human intervention sounds like a dystopian sci-fi plot.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
Mawuli was sitting cross-legged in the corner, playing with a box of nails under the guise of selecting them for Togbe.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
