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select

[si-lekt] / sɪˈlɛkt /




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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