choosy
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Tech stocks look interesting—but be choosy about which to buy.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Following a disappointing year for software stocks, investors still have to be choosy when playing the sector, analysts say.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 5, 2026
“There’s so much uncertainty on inflation, on tariffs, but what I would tell you is consumers are being choosy, but they’re choosing E.l.f.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
The success of those enterprises has allowed her to be choosy when it comes to acting gigs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
For one thing, they had to be choosy about where they went.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
Discretionary companies are up against a consumer that is becoming choosier about where to spend money amid higher inflation and an uptick in interest rates.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Funders became choosier about their capital, leading some biotechs to lay off workers or close.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
Meanwhile, the spreading use of Ozempic is making it easier for millions of people to control their appetites and be choosier about what they consume.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
In species such as Anolis aquaticus, males are the showier sex while females are the choosier sex, Martin explained.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
No one in the Seam would turn up their nose at a good leg of wild dog, but the Peacekeepers who come to the Hob can afford to be a little choosier.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Many of us believe attending the choosiest schools leads to greater success in life.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2022
To win a treasured acceptance letter from the choosiest colleges you often need something unique, such as a personal research project that impresses admissions office staffers in ways application essays and recommendations don’t.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2022
Now it was a national sensation and even the choosiest stars wanted to get on board.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2019
Day-Lewis, one of the world's choosiest actors with only five films to his name in the last 15 years, reportedly did not break character once in three months of filming.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2013
It is not for nothing that Zenith is in matters social rapidly becoming known as the choosiest inland city in the country.
From Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
