selectiveness

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“He’s handled himself well. Really like his selectiveness the last couple games,” Showalter said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022

They have opted for inclusiveness over selectiveness, leaving no stone unturned.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021

Obviously, you can’t describe everything, so it requires a kind of selectiveness.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2020

The selectiveness also lends status: the attuned eye immediately recognizes a Farrow & Ball red such as Incarnadine or Blazer.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 11, 2019

In this way the distinction of good and evil, like time, becomes a tyrant in this philosophy, and introduces into thought the restless selectiveness of action.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Russell, Bertrand