selectiveness
Example Sentences
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Infante sees that selectiveness reflected in the marketplace.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The selectiveness also lends status: the attuned eye immediately recognizes a Farrow & Ball red such as Incarnadine or Blazer.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019
Still, despite his selectiveness, le Carré has always been a peerless storyteller — and central to both espionage and novel writing is the ability to make up stuff and get others to buy it.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2016
The degree of selectiveness that immigration law imposes has varied highly from group to group.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2014
He may exercise the like unscrutable selectiveness upon the seed of Israel to-day.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore
