selectee

Example Sentences

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Ryan was a four-time Pro Bowl selectee and proved to be remarkably durable over his career, missing only three games during his Atlanta tenure because of injuries.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

She found herself stopped for extra screenings at airports and discovered she was now a "selectee" on the no-fly list.

From The Verge • Jun. 24, 2014

If you could put yourself on the other side of the world where you are the selectee of your government to advise and help a unit of foreign fighters defend their village.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2012

The new system will send the airlines additional names of passengers not on either the no-fly or selectee list but identified as possible security risks because of intelligence about threats.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2010

A guardsman cannot come in physical contact with a selectee even to show him the correct position in which to carry a rifle or to adjust his pack.

From Time Magazine Archive