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Recent Examples of preselection
This preselection process dramatically speeds things up, reducing what once took hours to something approaching real-time identification of maritime targets.
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David Szondy
may 12, New Atlas, 12 May 2026
David Szondy
may 12, New Atlas, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preselection
Noun
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The results will ease the concerns of some Democrats who worried about the possibility of a runoff between Kiley and Republican candidate Michael Stansfield, who was in second place until Friday.—
Mathew Miranda
June 9,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Leading up to the election, for instance, the progressive first-time candidate was leading by as much as 66 percentage points in a University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll released in May.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Even though 2025 writing/directing nominees Hacks, Abbott, and The Bear should all draw plenty of support once again, both the Writing for a Comedy and Directing for a Comedy categories have recognized at least one first-year show in 11 of the last 12 years.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
13 June 2026
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Sykes began roasting the nominees, starting with Bill Maher.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
13 June 2026
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On the 13th of July, Dave Roberts will reveal his selection for the National League‘s starting pitcher in the All-Star Game.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Best Amazon Prime Fashion Deals Amazon’s Prime member fashion selection is especially good right now, with markdowns on warm-weather essentials of every kind on sale.—
Aashna Gheewalla,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
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Ayanna Howard, the dean of Ohio State University's engineering college and appointee to the federal government's National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee, was chosen to be the next president of Spelman College in Atlanta, a historically Black liberal arts institution for women.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2026
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But Judge Jones – a Republican appointee – told us the violent language of the right has no match.—
Heather Abbott,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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“Preselection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preselection. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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