selective
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OpenAI would likely argue that it is focusing on a more selective audience within Silicon Valley.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
In this case, an "and" logic gate ensures that the drug activates only when both cancer markers are present, making the treatment highly selective.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026
“Some of these were based on complete junk science and a selective cherry-picking of statistics,” Ms. Dhillon says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
At the 23 selective private colleges Burd studied, these students were asked to pay an average of $24,000 a year.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
The regulation of genes—the selective turning on and off of certain genes in certain cells, and at certain times—must interpose a crucial layer of complexity on the unblinking nature of biological information.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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