chosen

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A landmark is a landmark because it tells you that you’re home now — the piece of earth you’ve chosen to inhabit saying, “You’ve made it back, congratulations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

It is also unclear how seats will be chosen for women in the expanded parliament.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

At the center is Mojtaba Khamenei, who was chosen by clerics after surviving the airstrike that killed his father and several other members of his family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

This trade-off is valuable when telescope time is limited and follow-up observations must be carefully chosen.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Admired, respected, and more experienced than many others, Washington was chosen to lead the Continental Army.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis