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Recent Examples of deselect On a Mac, click on the Control Center, then click Screen Mirroring and deselect your iPad from the dropdown list. Brenda Stolyar, Wired News, 10 May 2025 People will deselect brands that don’t. Jesper Brodin, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025 To turn off a specific filter, tap Filtered by again, then deselect it. Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2023 On the next page that appears, deselect the Autoplay previews while browsing on all devices option. Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Nov. 2022 Click Edit and deselect the checkbox. Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020 Occasionally, pathfinding might break and force us to deselect the entire party, select an individual character, and move them (after which pathfinding was fine again). Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2020 Churchill himself was deselected in 1904 in an argument over free trade. Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019 Make sure to knock Frontier and Spirit out of the running by deselecting them on either of the search engines, as their service and extra fees will make the fare and flight too much hassle for the money. Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deselect
Verb
  • Anisimova dialed in, desperately refusing to give Osaka any openings.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The airline reserves the right to refuse transportation to plus-size passengers who cannot be safely accommodated.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Several world leaders have already rejected the plan and insisted that the only solution is the creation of a Palestinian state once Hamas hands over the hostages and a new Palestinian government takes over.
    Michele Chabin, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Shi seemed confident that Strand Larsen, who was keen to join Newcastle United before the deadline, will knuckle down despite Wolves rejecting two bids.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Still, sometimes the heat is impossible to ignore — evident in the small sweat stains on Dinkel’s blue collared shirt.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Carrie Severino, president of the conservative advocacy group Judicial Crisis Network, previously told the Washington Examiner that the justices have made recent orders more explicit and clear as lower court judges have ignored the Supreme Court’s previous orders on its emergency docket.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Burberry's share price has fallen sharply over recent years, declining almost 80% from April 2023 to September 2024, as waning sales and a slew of management changes exacerbated a wider luxury downturn.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Morris and his attorneys declined comment.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Deselect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deselect. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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