selectiveness
Example Sentences
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“He’s handled himself well. Really like his selectiveness the last couple games,” Showalter said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022
They have opted for inclusiveness over selectiveness, leaving no stone unturned.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021
Obviously, you can’t describe everything, so it requires a kind of selectiveness.
From Slate • Feb. 18, 2020
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
That is, the reason why the conflict of responses does not end in a deadlock, but in a redirection, is that a certain selectiveness of response comes into play.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.
