selective
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Investors should be selective when deciding to chase the rally.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Successfully proving selective prosecution is notoriously difficult—judges rarely grant it.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Jeff Bailey, chief executive of Bank of Eastern Oregon, a rural farm lender, said his customers are being more selective about spending, with expenses expected to stay high.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Together, the evidence points toward a more selective future for beta blockers after heart attack.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
Even though every cell contains the same set of genes—an identical genome—the selective activation or repression of particular subsets of genes allows an individual cell to respond to its environments.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing selective
Donald Trump Foreign Policy Address
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