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selective

adjective

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as in choosy
tending to select carefully we were highly selective about the music we listened to while trying out loudspeakers

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Relevance

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selections

selective

selectively

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“Selective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selective. Accessed 27 Nov. 2022.

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