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as in nominee
one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty
NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program
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Recent Examples of selectee
The selectees were narrowed down from a field of 8,000 applicants.
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Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Ars Technica's space reporters ranked the five selectees for the European Launcher Challenge in order from most likely to least likely to reach orbit.
—ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
Next Step Critics’ Week selectee Agirretxe makes her debut with a socially engaged drama centered on factory workers in San Sebastián, 1978, during a strike.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 19 May 2025
The church, erected in 1921, is among the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2024 selectees.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
Diversity Immigrant Applications On Hold In regard to the Biden Appeals, Morrison argues that while thousands of Diversity Visas selectees have a legal path to immigrate to the United States, the Biden administration is using the appellate process to extinguish their immigration journeys.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
The first-team all-area selectee will lead a team looking to reach the postseason again in its first year in 5A.
—Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023
Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Ars Technica's space reporters ranked the five selectees for the European Launcher Challenge in order from most likely to least likely to reach orbit.
—ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
Next Step Critics’ Week selectee Agirretxe makes her debut with a socially engaged drama centered on factory workers in San Sebastián, 1978, during a strike.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 19 May 2025
The church, erected in 1921, is among the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2024 selectees.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
Diversity Immigrant Applications On Hold In regard to the Biden Appeals, Morrison argues that while thousands of Diversity Visas selectees have a legal path to immigrate to the United States, the Biden administration is using the appellate process to extinguish their immigration journeys.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
The first-team all-area selectee will lead a team looking to reach the postseason again in its first year in 5A.
—Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selectee
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To attract recruits, ICE is offering several incentives, including signing bonuses of up to $50,000 and student loan repayment programs.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The season finale of Boots focuses on the Crucible, a grueling 54-hour test Cameron and the other recruits must pass to become Marines.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Mineo received an Academy Award nomination for his role in Rebel Without a Cause, becoming the second youngest Academy Award nominee, before earning a second nomination for his role in the 1960 historical drama Exodus.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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With no presumptive nominee or clear party leader after the 2024 presidential election loss, the Democratic field remains widely contested—a scenario that could reshape the party’s electoral strategy, policy direction and prospects for challenging Republican front-runners in upcoming races.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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But such streaks of humor and tenderness inevitably give way to the next atrocity, as Hothead conscripts Chicken into her mission to dispatch men.—
Jo Livingstone,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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The callow striver Redmond Barry is played by 1970s heartthrob Ryan O’Neal, in one of his best performances, a reluctant conscript in the British army after leaving his Irish home in disgrace.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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The majority of interested clients are eligible candidates for PRP and PRF; however, those with blood disorders, autoimmune conditions, infections or taking blood-thinning medication should consult with their aesthetic provider first.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Three of the board’s trustees will be elected to full, four-year terms from a field of four candidates, including incumbents Linda Hoskins Sutton and Brad Isnard and challengers Joe Caiharr and Geoffrey Kump.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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Guy is their newest inductee, a 20something with an iffy American accent (Denton is Australian), a worrying clonazepam dependency, a fancy NYU law degree and — of most interest to the Talamasca — a rare ability to read minds.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Old Dominion, Charley Pride, and Liz Rose are the latest inductees into the Music City Walk of Fame.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Selectee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectee. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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