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Recent Examples of selectivity
Most notably, the system achieved a liquid-fuel selectivity of over 75 percent, demonstrating that high-efficiency fuel production can be sustained in a compact, localized setting.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
Borrower Defense is a discharge program for federal student loans that allows borrowers to request cancellation on the basis of certain forms of school misconduct, such as misrepresenting admissions selectivity or program costs, or lying about graduate earnings and career prospects.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
But Emanuel also pointed to emerging signs of a heated capital market cycle as evidence that bubble concerns are intensifying and that security selectivity remains critical against the current market backdrop.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
Libra’s financial superpower this year is selectivity.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
Each metric had a different weighting, as did the main categories, with student selectivity having the largest weighting of all the groups - making up for 25 out of the total 100 points a college or university could score.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
One example is neuron selectivity in neural networks for classifying images.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 24 Sep. 2025
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
Borrower Defense is a discharge program for federal student loans that allows borrowers to request cancellation on the basis of certain forms of school misconduct, such as misrepresenting admissions selectivity or program costs, or lying about graduate earnings and career prospects.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
But Emanuel also pointed to emerging signs of a heated capital market cycle as evidence that bubble concerns are intensifying and that security selectivity remains critical against the current market backdrop.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
Libra’s financial superpower this year is selectivity.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
Each metric had a different weighting, as did the main categories, with student selectivity having the largest weighting of all the groups - making up for 25 out of the total 100 points a college or university could score.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
One example is neuron selectivity in neural networks for classifying images.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selectivity
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Three Haitian workers in December sued JBS in federal court, alleging their experience in Colorado has been marked by injuries, discrimination and inhospitable living conditions.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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Four students arrested April 24, 2024 at the University of Texas campus sued the university last year for unlawful seizure, viewpoint discrimination and retaliation.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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Raffensperger defended the accuracy of his state's election results.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Engineers have struggled to close the reaction gap between human perception and machine processing without sacrificing accuracy.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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For example, start your day with coffee for maximum alertness, then switch to chai in the afternoon.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
6 Feb. 2026
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However, first-generation antihistamines can also cause drowsiness, sedation, and fatigue, which can affect alertness, concentration, and memory.—
Karen Berger,
Verywell Health,
5 Feb. 2026
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Called Sarma 300 mm Multiple Launch Rocket System, the highly mobile and precision-capable system was displayed at the event being held in Riyadh.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Parallel giant slalom requires speed and precision as riders race side-by-side downhill, slaloming around the gates on two separate quasi-identical courses.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Selectivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectivity. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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