select
Example Sentences
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Fundamentals remain broadly intact for Asian tech-hardware companies leveraged to the AI capex theme, as well as select stocks in South Korea, China and India.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Only select ships—especially those carrying Iranian goods—have managed to cross.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The parliament-wide vote to select the president is expected this week.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
By placing thin metal layers on both sides of the polymer, the researchers created structures known as Fabry-Pérot resonators, which select specific wavelengths of light.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
By dint of entreaties expressed in energetic whispers, I reduced the half-dozen to two: these however, he vowed he would select himself.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.