selects

present tense third-person singular of select

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Opponents and education lawyers say that the Education Code requires a vote no matter which route the board chooses to start the detachment process.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The new Rosemary’s in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood is a restaurant that chooses lightness and brightness.
    Andy Wang, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Both players were consensus top ten picks early on in the draft process, but now often fall to the teens or early twenties.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The protagonist picks themselves up again only to ultimately end up in a bad situation.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Selects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selects. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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