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selectivity

[si-lek-tiv-i-tee, see-lek-] / sɪ lɛkˈtɪv ɪ ti, ˌsi lɛk- /


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That selectivity comes from the biology the treatment targets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

The Wickens group has spent the past five years developing the family of catalysts that made this alternative approach to selectivity possible.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

"Our calculations reveal how the decisive selectivity emerges after electron transfer has already occurred," says Paton.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

“That selectivity is prefigured, and preprogrammed, by the history of Christendom.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

If this sort of selectivity had been possible for Billy, he might have chosen as his happiest moment his sundrenched snooze in the back of the wagon.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut


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