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the act or process of selecting
- the selecting of the party's nominee took three days and half a dozen votes
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present participle of select
Synonyms & Antonyms of selecting (Entry 2 of 2)
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
- selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship
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“Selecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selecting. Accessed 9 Aug. 2022.
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