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As Wolf neared the firm’s mandatory retirement age of 68, he created a committee with a handful of people to select his replacement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

In that case, the county and the union each would select one member, with the sides together choosing the third person, who would serve as the panel’s chair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Customers could specify how ripe they wanted their avocados, leave detailed instructions and select acceptable substitutions in advance.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Wall Street has been offering investors select exposure to some “AI baskets.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Felix stepped forward, and for the first time, he got to select his basketball team.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

As Perseverance moves, it continuously captures images of its surroundings, constructs a three-dimensional map of potential obstacles, and selects a safe route between destinations chosen by mission controllers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

He added: "I will continue to serve my constituents in Casnewydd Islwyn and will fully back whoever the group selects as its next leader."

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Gruel selects seafood, one of what he calls the country’s “bounty items,” and announces that they will make salmon cakes.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Overprescribing antibiotics leads to deadly resistant bacteria, while industrial fishing, which harvests the largest adults, ultimately selects for ever-smaller fish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

She selects a bunch of apples and puts them in a bag.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

To search for jet quenching, the researchers developed an analysis that identifies concentrated streams of high-energy particles and measures how many emerge above a selected energy threshold.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Sixteen were selected outright, while the eight most experienced players were paired off, with Netflix viewers voting on which one should be able to compete.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The balance minimum was selected because these would be people who weren’t cashed out automatically for having a low balance, and would be presumed to have some engagement with their accounts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

In fact, since 2000, there have been 50 quarterbacks selected with top-10 draft picks—and only three, including McCarthy, had fewer than 15 starts before they were kicked to the curb.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

At a pasta store they selected interestingly shaped noodles and asked the woman running the store the proper amount for thirteen people—the ten people Count Olaf mentioned, and the three of them.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Jay-Z's company Roc Nation has produced the half-time show since 2019, and he plays a key role in selecting each year's performer.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

But investors need to look past gloomy daily headlines and consider what’s really going on when selecting stocks for long-term growth.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Emmanuel Banuelos spent weeks planning the perfect proposal, selecting a picturesque spot at a Laguna Beach park, enlisting his soon-to-be sister-in-law as a videographer and booking a mariachi band to play his girlfriend’s favorite music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

We also shaped the other side of that relationship, selecting dogs that communicated in ways humans could readily understand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Using my avatar’s new superuser interface, I made a sweeping gesture with my hand, selecting all of the Sixer avatars on my display.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline