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selection

[si-lek-shuhn] / sɪˈlɛk ʃən /


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The former vice president of Costa Rica is calling for a selection process free from any preferential treatment for women.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

In fact, the current commission president, white-collar attorney Rasha Gerges Shields, is the only remaining member of the commission that oversaw the months-long chief’s search that ended with McDonnell’s selection.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

So this is a selection of my favorite songs that will make you blush, but also make you laugh and dance.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

It isn’t quite natural selection, but it isn’t far off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

But even as geneticists celebrated the synthesis of heredity, evolution, and natural selection, the material nature of the gene remained an unsolved puzzle.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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