preselects

present tense third-person singular of preselect

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preselects
Verb
  • The Shrine Bowl selects roughly 100 of the top college football players from across the nation and almost all of them are either drafted, signed after the draft or attend a rookie mini camp.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The program selects project ideas that showcase the cinematic medium as a tool for social change.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Jens generally chooses his words carefully, and is, what’s more, particularly reticent just after finishing a long and difficult winter delivery trip; what’s a person supposed to do with words in a blizzard anyway, up on a stormy heath and all directions lost?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Instead of letting that hold her back, Valancy chooses to be open about her feelings instead.
    Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … BADGE EXODUS – Houston police union recruits 'disgusted' NYPD officers after New York City elects Mamdani.
    , FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Now the Red Sox are expected to lose another productive hitter — albeit one who never got a chance to swing the bat at Fenway Park this season — if outfielder Trayce Thompson elects free agency.
    Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That was true when there were committee picks figuring into the mix, and true since those were done away with.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Shop picks from Kelly Clarkson, Martha Stewart, Joanna Gaines’ home lines, and more while prices start just $15.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Like Penn, though, Roversi generally prefers to work in a more familiar and settled space.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Murphy prefers to live in the present.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Preselects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preselects. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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