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as in selected
singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking
the company claims to use only select beans to make its coffee
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as in elegant
having qualities that appeal to a refined taste
select fabrics that the shop makes into expensive suits for its well-heeled clientele
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Recent Examples of select
However, unless select patients have a predisposition to depositing plastics plus the usual pre-existing risk factors, the plastics are likely a cause of the vascular events.
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Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
Enjoy benefits like skipping the counter at select locations, adding an additional driver at no additional cost*, and vehicle upgrades**.
—Sarah Hostetler, CNBC, 5 June 2026
The airline is also introducing a new international business-class experience on select Boeing 787 flights, including the Seattle-Narita route.
—Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2026
One-way fares are $2, but select hubs and locations including Miramar, Sheridan Park and Broward Boulevard allow for free parking with a BCT One-Day Pass.
—Ava Dicecca, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2026
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Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
Enjoy benefits like skipping the counter at select locations, adding an additional driver at no additional cost*, and vehicle upgrades**.
—Sarah Hostetler, CNBC, 5 June 2026
The airline is also introducing a new international business-class experience on select Boeing 787 flights, including the Seattle-Narita route.
—Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2026
One-way fares are $2, but select hubs and locations including Miramar, Sheridan Park and Broward Boulevard allow for free parking with a BCT One-Day Pass.
—Ava Dicecca, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for select
Adjective
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These pre-selected fighter pilots and their families moved into their apartments during the summer of 1960 after residing at the Frunze Central Airfield in Moscow.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
27 May 2026
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Viewers can earn in-game gear, weapons and other rare items by watching selected streamers who are playing Tarkov.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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Given its elegant design and everyday practicality, this breezy dress can go just about anywhere.—
Better Homes & Gardens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026
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Its beautiful white flowers make for an elegant addition to any yard.—
Helena Madden,
Martha Stewart,
6 June 2026
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Not far from Buffett’s preferred McDonald’s is an ambitious Japanese restaurant called Yoshitomo, which Utterback, who is forty-four and half Japanese, opened in 2017, in what was formerly a Subway.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Wembanyama — the third-place finisher in NBA MVP voting — had struggled with the physicality of the 7-foot Towns, whose unrelenting defense prevented the Spurs center from getting to his preferred spots in the paint.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2026
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Passalacqua is almost too exquisite not to be able to be present for every moment of it.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The hotel has a sister property, Miramare Suites, on Sestri’s other bay, Baia della Favole, with a popular restaurant, La Locanda Carmagnini, to complement the Miramare’s Baia del Silenzio, known for its seafood and exquisite on-the-water location.—
Catherine Sabino,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The Valley Alley offers all your favorite arcade games along with a bowling alley and Topgolf suites.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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She was wrapped in a blanket in her favorite chair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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For those staying at Elang Private Residence, meals can be directed by the guests or left to the chef, serving up, say, lamb satay on sugarcane skewers, seafood with mango sambal, slices of rare beef with tiny pots of rendang sauce.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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The ability to disconnect intentionally from these overwhelming stimuli—to reclaim one’s focus, clarity, and feeling of immediacy—has become rare and precious.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
3 June 2026
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Among the city’s finest is Michael Lepage, who has been honing his Paul Revere character for over 30 years.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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But in this case, store-bought is also fine—often even great.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 June 2026
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Some of the movie’s choicest moments come from scenes in and around the Oval Office.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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One of the world’s largest exhibitions of olden literature is gathering more than a hundred booksellers from across the globe to share their choicest wares — rare tomes, illustrations, maps, historical documents and random ephemera guaranteed to level-up your bookshelf and walls.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Select.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/select. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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