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Recent Examples of nonselective
Chemical control for lawns Herbicides, chemicals that kill or alter the normal growth of weeds, can be divided into two main groups: selective and nonselective.
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Dee Dee Kerscher, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
There are two categories of beta blockers: selective, which affect your heart rate; and nonselective, which affect blood vessels throughout the body.
—Aviel Kanter, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025
Use a nonselective herbicide that allows sodding after the unwanted grass is controlled.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Celebrex is a selective COX-2 inhibitor that targets inflammation with fewer gastrointestinal side effects, whereas ibuprofen is a nonselective NSAID that inhibits COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes.
—T'keyah Bazin, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2024
In New York, the vast majority of students attend nonselective schools.
—Troy Closson, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
The other option is to use a nonselective weed killer like Hi-Yield Killzall.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2023
Dee Dee Kerscher, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
There are two categories of beta blockers: selective, which affect your heart rate; and nonselective, which affect blood vessels throughout the body.
—Aviel Kanter, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025
Use a nonselective herbicide that allows sodding after the unwanted grass is controlled.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Celebrex is a selective COX-2 inhibitor that targets inflammation with fewer gastrointestinal side effects, whereas ibuprofen is a nonselective NSAID that inhibits COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes.
—T'keyah Bazin, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2024
In New York, the vast majority of students attend nonselective schools.
—Troy Closson, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
The other option is to use a nonselective weed killer like Hi-Yield Killzall.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonselective
unselective
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The cult film Idiocracy (2006) imagines a future in which Americans' mental capacities have been degraded by generations of pop culture, junk food, and–how to put this delicately–unselective breeding.—
Samuel Goldman,
The Week,
1 Mar. 2022
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With an unselective online-only model seeking to scale rapidly, Lambda is likely to end up somewhere between (free) MOOCs and (costly) for-profit online universities, which – given its ISA model – sounds about right.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes,
28 May 2021
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“Nonselective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonselective. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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