PRESELECTS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

preselects

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present tense third-person singular of preselect

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The agreement, announced on July 22, would move forward only if the Canadian government selects the Gripen E for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s fighter fleet.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
The administrator’s office randomly selects 12 members from its panel.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

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By the show’s finale, Harry chooses Amber Mozo, a 30-year-old photographer from Hawaii.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 5 Aug. 2026
Once a pharmaceutical developer chooses a West packaging system and completes its clinical trials, the drug and its container are bound together in the regulatory filing.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

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The results on Amendment 4 and Amendment 5 marked a stunning repudiation of Republican policy in a state that overwhelmingly elects Republican lawmakers.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
In a blue wave, off-year election, a state that almost always elects Democrats to the Senate—not by huge margins, but pretty reliably by three or four points—should have been an easy hold.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

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