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Recent Examples of choose Meagan Good has no regrets about choosing to stand by her husband, Jonathan Majors. Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025 Borglum became involved in the Mount Rushmore project in 1924, including choosing the mountain to host carvings of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln, the National Park Service reports. Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 It should be noted that earlier this year, the US Air Force had chosen Boeing’s proposal over Lockheed’s for the sixth-generation Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter. Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025 He's had to choose this path of taking a big risk to not have that guarantee of the seat. Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for choose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choose
Verb
  • All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors.
    Grace McCarty, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
  • On the app, riders can select from several destinations, such as Resorts World Las Vegas, AREA15, Topgolf, and other resort and entertainment properties.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In 1780, John Adams wanted the Continental Congress to standardize English, but the proposal to mandate English was rejected.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The kickoff trend NFL officials have wanted the kickoff to return to relevance, and after modifications to the play last season and one final modification to the rules this offseason, the goal appears attainable.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • How would Trump react to his administration now getting to decide the fate of CNN?
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Ego Nwodim has decided to leave the NBC show after seven seasons.
    Peter White, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That distinction can also determine if insurance plans get to pick the company that does the external review.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But instead, Tuchel picked a hungry, in-form squad and the players rewarded him by playing like this.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Each new company will be under pressure to cut costs to please Wall Street, reinforcing the very short-term thinking that got Kraft Heinz into trouble in the first place.
    Hank Cardello, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The character became shorthand for difficult-to-please bosses no matter the industry, and Streep earned one of her many Oscar nominations for her performance.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Elsewhere, she’s opted for sequin sea blue Balenciaga, and chose a sparkling structural Alexander McQueen gown for last year’s BAFTAs.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The team behind the Price Tracker opted to focus on the 100 largest metro areas because some data for smaller localities is inconsistent.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Democrats are doing fairly well in the generic congressional ballot, which tests which party voters prefer to control Congress.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Many real estate agents prefer to review and customize outputs early on.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Friends and fans alike flooded the actor’s comment section with birthday wishes.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The last man standing wins a life-changing cash prize and the fulfillment of any one wish their heart desires.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025

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