selectivity
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Their new strategy, recently reported in Nature, addresses a long-standing problem involving electron-transfer selectivity and could make a wide range of previously inaccessible coupling reactions possible.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“That selectivity is prefigured, and preprogrammed, by the history of Christendom.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
They did find one notable exception: For black, Hispanic and first-generation students from low-income families, selectivity did predict higher earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
“There is going to be a lot of activity but selectivity will be key.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
If this sort of selectivity had been possible for Billy, he might have chosen as his happiest moment his sundrenched snooze in the back of the wagon.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
