selective
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"This new research highlights how the Andes are useful for understanding human evolutionary adaptation to other selective environmental pressures like diet."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
The collaboration led to the discovery of VU6083859, the first selective inhibitor of TAOK-1.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
It has a liberal side—secure property rights, courts that constrain the state—that shields entrepreneurs from arbitrary state power, ranging from selective prosecution to outright expropriation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
So, instead of trying to fill specific holes, the Dodgers have the luxury of reading the market and being “a little bit more selective and opportunistic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
I was reading story after story about how difficult a year this was for college admissions, how selective the top schools had become, how even the brightest lads were meeting rejection.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Vocabulary lists containing selective
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