selective
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"It's fast, selective, and easy to scale. And it can be powered by low-grade heat from waste sources or solar collectors."
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
Morningstar analyst Malik Ahmed Khan told MarketWatch that it’s important to be selective when considering cyber ETF holdings.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, captured the frustration with conservative media’s selective outrage.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
But by developing genetic markers for particular traits - colour, shape, disease resistance, flowering longevity and so on - Floricultura and its competitors can try to speed up the process of selective breeding.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
I took the test for Hudson, a selective public school in Manhattan.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing selective
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