selective
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The researchers found that this kind of selective disclosure makes a company’s stock less liquid, meaning it’s harder and more expensive for the firm to raise capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
This year, the fright turned out to be surprisingly selective.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
He called Caltech — which enrolls fewer than 2,400 students and admitted under 4% of applicants this year, about as selective as Harvard — “really small but truly mighty.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
They were, however, "very selective" on who could join the club, and be permitted to wear the club's badge with its signature question mark.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Armstrong’s lawyers thus filed a motion asking the district court for discovery of the prosecutors’ files to support their claim of selective prosecution under the Fourteenth Amendment.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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