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At the dawn of the internet, a select group of companies made a killing creating the equipment and business model for the system of glass strands bundled in cables, known as a fiber-optic network.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

No time frame for the select committee hearing has been set yet, but once all the evidence has been examined, it's expected that the committee may produce a short report containing recommendations to the BBC.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

New budget deals means that California voters in November will select a new schools superintendent with an uncertain, more limited role in education.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Democrats in both the House and the Senate on Tuesday discussed establishing select committees on artificial intelligence.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026

If you had to select the least convivial scientific field trip of all time, you could certainly do worse than the French Royal Academy of Sciences’ Peruvian expedition of 1735.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Gruel selects seafood, one of what he calls the country’s “bounty items,” and announces that they will make salmon cakes.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Overprescribing antibiotics leads to deadly resistant bacteria, while industrial fishing, which harvests the largest adults, ultimately selects for ever-smaller fish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Should Airbus opt for this type of engine while Boeing selects a more conventional architecture, CFM believes it can cater for both giants of the air.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

The half-crazed King, magnificently sung by the ever-disruptive Timur, lusts after Salome by speaking and singing at different speeds he selects on a metronome, as he entices her to type for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

The environment selects those few mutations that enhance survival, resulting in a series of slow transformations of one lifeform into another, the origin of new species.*

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

In this case, gap refers to the difference between the portion of users who selected ChatGPT versus Google Gemini.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

The findings raise the possibility that future treatments for IBD and other gastrointestinal diseases could target specific protective pathways in selected cell types rather than suppressing the immune system broadly.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

On trade, there is "room for progress on tariffs, agricultural purchases and selected export controls", Yue Su of The Economist Intelligence Unit told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Like many first-year students, Lara selected from a mix of university-owned and privately-operated halls which cater solely to the city's huge student population.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The Purple machine was selected as the next gift, and William was instructed to deliver a copy to Britain.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Study co-author Dr. Jiyi Pang said the newly identified molecular signals could eventually help scientists develop more precise tools for monitoring patients and selecting treatments based on the biology of an individual's disease.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

"Mother remembers," he laughs, selecting the caramel wafers.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

On paper, selecting “Law & Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay as host of the 2026 Emmys telecast probably made sense.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Their goal was selecting the right problems to work on, like the mathematicians who chose the Millennium Prize Problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

From there, Booth began adding others, selecting them based on expertise with weapons, physical fitness, and knowledge of southern Maryland’s back roads and waterways.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly