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selectively

[suh-lek-tiv-lee] / səˈlɛk tɪv li /
ADVERB
in selective way
Synonyms
STRONGEST
carefully choosily discriminately discriminatingly judiciously meticulously pickily precisely preferentially
Antonyms
STRONGEST
imprecisely indiscriminately uncarefully unselectively
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“For European industry, selectively integrating this know-how into its own value chain can therefore be more effective than trying to recreate every capability independently from scratch,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Senate leadership continues to be concerned about the implications of administrators selectively commenting on faculty activities and has asked UCLA’s Committee on Academic Freedom to consider the issue,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Published research so far on anti-choking devices is based on case reports—which selectively report choking events—as well as studies on mannequins and cadavers, which don’t directly simulate a live human choking, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

No approved drug currently exists that can selectively shut down EP2 activity, although several medications affect PGE2.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

I read aimlessly, until I learned to read selectively, with a purpose.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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