as in chooses
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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Recent Examples of selects
Rick Warner, the director of film studies at the University of North Carolina, deliberately selects films with slow pacing and subtle details, such as Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, a three-hour movie that mostly follows a woman doing chores in her apartment.
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Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
The program selects 100 students who are entering their junior year of college.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Jan. 2026
The show, clearly meant to be an appealing first exposure for K-pop outsiders, selects Top 40 hits from across the decades and pairs the original artists up with Korean idols, who transform them in ways meant to resemble the K-pop formula.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Dating back to 1988, the National Film Preservation Board selects 25 films each year to add into the Library of Congress as part of the National Film Registry, and this year, that registry of films has now grown to 925 entries across over a century of cinema.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
The human controller selects three separate targets on a screen.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Etihad selects Charlotte for its growing network That 2030 strategy aims to double Etihad’s fleet and destination count, with Charlotte representing a critical piece of that equation.
—Chase Jordan
january 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2026
Less expected was how the Swedish Academy, which selects the Nobel in Literature each year, condemned the project.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Since a single figure can take years to bring to life, the studio carefully selects a perfect group of individuals — a mixture of concept artists, sculptors, painters, costumers and fabric artists, project managers, and development leads — who are specifically hyped about that particular character.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2026
Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
The program selects 100 students who are entering their junior year of college.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Jan. 2026
The show, clearly meant to be an appealing first exposure for K-pop outsiders, selects Top 40 hits from across the decades and pairs the original artists up with Korean idols, who transform them in ways meant to resemble the K-pop formula.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Dating back to 1988, the National Film Preservation Board selects 25 films each year to add into the Library of Congress as part of the National Film Registry, and this year, that registry of films has now grown to 925 entries across over a century of cinema.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
The human controller selects three separate targets on a screen.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Etihad selects Charlotte for its growing network That 2030 strategy aims to double Etihad’s fleet and destination count, with Charlotte representing a critical piece of that equation.
—Chase Jordan
january 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2026
Less expected was how the Swedish Academy, which selects the Nobel in Literature each year, condemned the project.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Since a single figure can take years to bring to life, the studio carefully selects a perfect group of individuals — a mixture of concept artists, sculptors, painters, costumers and fabric artists, project managers, and development leads — who are specifically hyped about that particular character.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selects
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But these events unfold with minimal theatrics — the film’s most shocking development takes place entirely off-screen — as Meeks chooses instead to focus on their aftermath, bathing it in the cool blue light of early morning.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2026
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Thierry chooses to harvest his fruit a bit early to maintain freshness and pronounced fruit flavors, and his winemaking choice is very evident in this delicious Cabernet Franc.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2026
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The robot picks unsorted bearing rings and places them onto a buffer table.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Our top picks start at $16, with some even on sale, too.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Selects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selects. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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