1
as in selected
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
choose a computer that best suits your needs
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as in wanted
to see fit
you can wear whatever you choose to the party
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as in decided
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration
chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper
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Verb
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For its analysis, The Post chose 50 games across a variety of sports leagues, venues and networks, and randomly selected a one-hour segment during each of those games.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026 -
All listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Duff said that while lawmakers largely supported the provision and wanted to see state tourism dollars increase, it was left out due to funding concerns and needing to keep the state’s budget balanced.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Oakland has become a city of artists, and often people just wanted to talk shop.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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For the cover of the May 25, 2026, issue, the artist Kadir Nelson decided to paint a tribute to the city’s budding artists.—
Françoise Mouly,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Lasser decided to leave the show in 1977, signaling its end.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Health officials shared multiple guidelines on how to stay safe, which included not eating wild mushrooms and avoiding the consumption of mushrooms that had been picked by friends or family.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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Since Musk filed the lawsuit, Altman has insisted that Musk is only after revenge, supposedly stemming from his jealousy that he was not picked as OpenAI’s CEO and that his rival company, xAI, now lags behind.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Again, Brunello was a man at ease in his surroundings, pleased to share the docufilm about his life and philosophies.—
Randee Dawn,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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A couple giggling teens popped on and off that scale recently, pleased, apparently, by the reading.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Since then, a growing number of cities have opted to further regulate e-bikes, citing a growing number of incidents and safety concerns.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Powell has opted to buck tradition and stay on at the Fed beyond the end of his chair term, at least until the DOJ probe is definitively closed.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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Sitting in the Petco Park visiting dugout Monday afternoon, Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes would have preferred to be answering a different set of questions about the team’s rotation depth.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Cash or check is preferred; credit cards are accepted with a $1 fee.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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Jordan—who seemed more fish than girl, her bobbed blonde hair tinted green as old pennies—walked with a confidence that Ana wished for her own daughter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Vitello might have wished that the Giants were playing under collegiate rules Saturday night.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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“Chose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chose. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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