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noun

Definition of selectingnext
as in choice
the act or process of selecting the selecting of the party's nominee took three days and half a dozen votes

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verb

present participle of select
as in choosing
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 Synonyms for selecting
  1. choice
  2. choosing
  3. election
  4. picking
  5. selection
Noun
  • The narrow definition of who the competition was meant merging two competitors in a market posed a bigger risk to consumers of less choice and potentially higher prices.
    Alexander Coolidge, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Steichen’s choice to involve Mitchell, who hasn’t done much of anything during his rookie season, on a gadget play of that magnitude with his team’s playoff hopes hanging in the balance is a mistake Steichen will have a hard time living down.
    Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of choice
Verb
  • Many women are choosing to start a business later in life because the timing is right for them.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • For some buyers, especially those looking to get behind the wheel of a costly full-size pickup truck or luxury car, choosing a low-interest rate instead of a modest cash rebate can be the better deal.
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of choosing
Noun
  • Trump was convicted in Manhattan on May 30 of 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal a conspiracy to unlawfully interfere in the 2016 presidential election through a scheme involving hush money paid to Daniels.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The suit -- which names the newspaper's parent company, Gannett; its former pollster J. Ann Selzer; and her polling firm -- centers on a Selzer poll released three days before the presidential election that showed Trump trailing Vice President Kamala Harris.
    Elahe Izadi, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of election
Verb
  • The stylist from Anthropologie is picking.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In August 2018, the Washington Post reported that about a third of crab-picking jobs were vacant across the Eastern Shore.
    Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of picking
Noun
  • Half of voters are pleased with Trump’s selections, and more approve of his agenda that his Cabinet picks will be in charge of.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The arrival of Nikola Milenkovic in the summer has strengthened the defensive line, and consistent selection in the back four has helped.
    Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of selection
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