chosen

Example Sentences

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Singh had been chosen to carry it into its next chapter.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

In the movie, Blunt plays Margaret Fairchild, a TV meteorologist chosen by extraterrestrials as the human through whom they communicate—“the last person on earth that you’d imagine would be destined for this task,” Blunt says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Singh has not commented publicly, though his spokesperson earlier said he held the film industry and the Don franchise in the "highest regard" and had chosen to stay silent.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Clarence Thomas—no relation to the Supreme Court justice, as he endlessly clarifies—is a Dallas journalist whom the self-anointed holy man has chosen for his interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

He was chosen for his good health and his apparent strength and skills.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh