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But some brands are now choosing to spread their creator budgets across a vast array of creators rather than concentrating them on a select few accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Here’s what they came up with: It started with each Maine county holding its own convention, open to all registered Democrats, to select delegates to this weekend’s state convention.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
During the draft, the Rams passed on the opportunity to select former USC receiver Makai Lemon and opted instead to pick Simpson, Stafford’s heir apparent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The findings add to growing evidence that these miniature brain models could eventually help scientists develop and select more precise treatments for specific groups of people with Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Outside of select circles—artists, art lovers, people lost in the Louvre—the painting hardly existed.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Should Airbus opt for this type of engine while Boeing selects a more conventional architecture, CFM believes it can cater for both giants of the air.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Pinterest showed off a new tool that automatically selects the ad most likely to perform best, while TikTok played matchmaker for brands and creators and debuted tools to generate ads on the fly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The presiding officer chairs debates in the chamber, selects speakers in debates and represents the parliament at home and abroad.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The show — loosely based on the game Mafia — selects celebrities to be faithfuls and traitors, and the faithful must attempt to discover the traitors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
Evolution selects for those individuals most effective at producing babies and at helping them spread to suitable places to live.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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If no player has been selected within 10 seconds, the captain must leave the field.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
They have four adult children Lauren, Hunter, Colton and Kaeden, a former Texas A&M star who was selected in the third round of the 2025 MLB draft by the New York Yankees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
To be selected for the 173rd Airborne, this man would have almost certainly been able to score 270 points in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
They selected 100 peptides, including GLP-1, and tested whether they could stimulate neuron-like cells grown in the laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
At a pasta store they selected interestingly shaped noodles and asked the woman running the store the proper amount for thirteen people—the ten people Count Olaf mentioned, and the three of them.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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“More filmmakers than ever are selecting Imax,” Gelfond said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Noise challenges, selecting a film franchise and building on a steep hill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Once studios couldn’t count on a second bump of revenue beyond the box office, they began selecting safer films based on pre-existing properties that were guaranteed to get people into movie theaters.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
"When favoritism and cronyism take precedence over competence in selecting a commander, the result is as predictable as fire burning paper," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Farmers had been using this phenomenon for millennia—breeding and interbreeding animals to produce natural variants, and selecting these variants over multiple generations.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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