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selective

[si-lek-tiv] / sɪˈlɛk tɪv /


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Cooper made the case for geographical diversification, scenario weighting and becoming increasingly selective even within asset classes themselves.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

A vast majority of US states and territories also automatically register men for selective service when driver's licenses are issued.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Additional analysis using selective ribosome profiling showed that DHX29 is more likely to associate with ribosomes that are reading non-optimal codons.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

“Some of these were based on complete junk science and a selective cherry-picking of statistics,” Ms. Dhillon says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

They had been deliberately created by humans—by the selective breeding of variants from the same ancestral cow.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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