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selecting

ADJECTIVE
appointing
Synonyms




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That comment points to the long-term philosophy he and Gogia follow when selecting companies in which to invest.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

A battlefield dominated by fully autonomous drones capable of selecting and engaging targets without human intervention sounds like a dystopian sci-fi plot.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

The results indicate that the process of separating and selecting planetary ingredients began almost as soon as solid bodies started forming.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Higher-order organisms have developed a way of triaging that information, selecting what is relevant to our safety and our survival, and making instant decisions about how to allocate our resources and our attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The neutrons in turn would act upon a secondary target; obtaining the end product one sought was merely a matter of selecting the right secondary target.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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