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as in nominee
one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty
NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program
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Recent Examples of selectee
The church, erected in 1921, is among the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2024 selectees.
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Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
In eight seasons with the Patriots, Mayo was the 2008 Defensive Rookie of the Year, a 2010 All-Pro, a two-time Pro Bowl selectee and a Super Bowl 49 champion.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
Each of the selectees for 2023 can reasonably be considered a household name.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 June 2023
Diversity Immigrant Applications On Hold In regard to the Biden Appeals, Morrison argues that while thousands of Diversity Visas selectees have a legal path to immigrate to the United States, the Biden administration is using the appellate process to extinguish their immigration journeys.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
The first-team all-area selectee will lead a team looking to reach the postseason again in its first year in 5A.
—Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023
The only first basemen included were Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals, Pete Alonso of the New York Mets, C.J. Cron of the Colorado Rockies, and honorary selectee Albert Pujols, completing his career with the Cardinals.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 July 2022
Three years before that, a selectee for the International Pacific Halibut Commission also ran into residency issues.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2021
Here and there a selectee clung to a trombone or trumpet case—supplementary material for the camp band, for which a nucleus of 28 pieces is expected to arrive soon.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
In eight seasons with the Patriots, Mayo was the 2008 Defensive Rookie of the Year, a 2010 All-Pro, a two-time Pro Bowl selectee and a Super Bowl 49 champion.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
Each of the selectees for 2023 can reasonably be considered a household name.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 June 2023
Diversity Immigrant Applications On Hold In regard to the Biden Appeals, Morrison argues that while thousands of Diversity Visas selectees have a legal path to immigrate to the United States, the Biden administration is using the appellate process to extinguish their immigration journeys.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
The first-team all-area selectee will lead a team looking to reach the postseason again in its first year in 5A.
—Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023
The only first basemen included were Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals, Pete Alonso of the New York Mets, C.J. Cron of the Colorado Rockies, and honorary selectee Albert Pujols, completing his career with the Cardinals.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 July 2022
Three years before that, a selectee for the International Pacific Halibut Commission also ran into residency issues.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2021
Here and there a selectee clung to a trombone or trumpet case—supplementary material for the camp band, for which a nucleus of 28 pieces is expected to arrive soon.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selectee
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Trump was ultimately forced to revise that proposal, banning new transgender recruits but allowing existing trans troops to stay in the military.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Etheridge helped recruit numerous blue-chip recruits at his last Power 4 job — which was at his alma mater, Auburn.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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The true reason of growing desertions lays in low morale and patriotism of recent conscripts who never wanted to defend their homeland and were caught and forced to do that.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Even lowly conscripts are being blamed for enabling crimes — whether or not that is true.—
Raja Abdulrahim,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On Monday, Presidents Day, Bianco announced his candidacy as the Republican candidate for California’s chief executive job and bid to replace Newsom.—
Christopher Tremoglie,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
18 Feb. 2025
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Typically, restaurants, bars, and other establishments in the service industry are the primary candidates for this credit.—
Jessica Ledingham, J.D.,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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An inductee into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Staley is also the only person in basketball’s history, as both coach and player, to win a Naismith Award.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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The new inductees will be announced in late spring and inducted in August.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Selectee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectee. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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