selected

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The district she selected, Florida’s new 20th, is a plurality-Black and majority-minority district.

From Slate • May 30, 2026

The companies were selected on Tuesday for what the Department of Energy called “advanced negotiations” to receive surplus plutonium from weapons programs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

While nominees at the AMAs are selected based on commercial performance, winners are decided entirely by public ballot, with votes cast through the AMA website and social media.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Psyche is the 14th mission selected for NASA's Discovery Program, managed by the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

One newspaper editor had sagely, if cynically, observed that “the usual custom is for the capital of new empires to be selected by the whim or caprice of a despot.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis