chosen

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Potentially adding to Warsh's challenges will be the fact that Powell has chosen to remain on the board as a member -- an unusual but not unprecedented move for an outgoing chair.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

It said sites chosen for clean-up so far were picked "due to a specific criteria, which includes posing a serious environmental risk and impact on the local community. This was a decision made by the government."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Some matches chosen for attention are conventional, part already of the game’s lore.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Paula works as a fact-checker at a New York City newsmagazine, a job chosen, I imagine, to account for her investigatory chops, though not her tendency to put herself in dangerous situations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Why had the Afterlife chosen to show him that Recollection now?

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman