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Definition of selectee
1 : a person inducted into military service under selective service
2 : a person who is chosen from a group by fitness or preference
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Examples of selectee in a Sentence
had the dubious distinction of being the last selectee to serve in the Vietnam War
NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program.
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Plus, NBC crews will cover the competition as hopefuls are narrowed first to 100 athletes then, after additional training, to eight selectees, a man and a woman in each sport.
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Vick, who played for the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles and was a four-time Pro Bowl selectee, will be joined by former NFL running back Justin Forsett in the trial game.
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Kozinski, joined by James Otero, found instead that the TSA’s no-fly and selectee lists were compiled and maintained by another agency — the Terrorist Screening Center — that wasn’t protected, so the challenge can proceed.
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First Known Use of selectee
1940
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