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Recent Examples of selectivity
How this gate works with such selectivity is a mystery.
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Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
When exposed to sunlight, the material triggers a sequence of chemical reactions that transform common plastic polymers into acetic acid with high selectivity.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
Borrower Defense is a discharge program for federal student loans that allows borrowers to request cancellation on the basis of certain forms of school misconduct, such as misrepresenting admissions selectivity or program costs, or lying about graduate earnings and career prospects.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
But Emanuel also pointed to emerging signs of a heated capital market cycle as evidence that bubble concerns are intensifying and that security selectivity remains critical against the current market backdrop.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
Libra’s financial superpower this year is selectivity.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
Each metric had a different weighting, as did the main categories, with student selectivity having the largest weighting of all the groups - making up for 25 out of the total 100 points a college or university could score.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
When exposed to sunlight, the material triggers a sequence of chemical reactions that transform common plastic polymers into acetic acid with high selectivity.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
Borrower Defense is a discharge program for federal student loans that allows borrowers to request cancellation on the basis of certain forms of school misconduct, such as misrepresenting admissions selectivity or program costs, or lying about graduate earnings and career prospects.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
But Emanuel also pointed to emerging signs of a heated capital market cycle as evidence that bubble concerns are intensifying and that security selectivity remains critical against the current market backdrop.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
Libra’s financial superpower this year is selectivity.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
Each metric had a different weighting, as did the main categories, with student selectivity having the largest weighting of all the groups - making up for 25 out of the total 100 points a college or university could score.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selectivity
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This law, presented in the name of anti-discrimination, threatens to do exactly that against private religious institutions that do not comply with state mandates or rules that would conflict with a private religious institution’s beliefs and views.—
Stephen Mitchell,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2026
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That law prohibits employment discrimination on various grounds, including gender.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Beyond the music, these earbuds offer high-accuracy AI translation for 100 languages via the Soundcore app and support wireless charging, providing up to 10 hours of playback on a single charge and 42 hours total with the case.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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Artists began to care less about the accuracy of representation and pivoted to self-expression.—
Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Sleep medications; muscle relaxants; antipsychotic medicines, and antiseizure drugs, all of which may reduce alertness or coordination.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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These foods contain compounds that give your brain a little jolt of energy by stimulating alertness, mood, and cognition.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
31 Mar. 2026
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One says, God can always see you with his unfeeling precision.—
Sandra Lim,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Drones take on expanding roles across modern battlefields Uncrewed systems are playing a growing role in modern warfare, handling missions from reconnaissance and artillery spotting to precision strikes.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Selectivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectivity. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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