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preselected

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past tense of preselect

as in selected

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Hobaiter and Dominy support this idea with half a dozen claims that could, in principle, be tested, lending some scientific credence to the idea that complex human speech was selected for in the warm glow of a crackling campfire.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Among them, Hall of Famer Yao Ming, former Dallas Mavericks player Yi Jianlian, and even Yang Hansen – selected 16th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers last summer – reached the NBA after spending several seasons playing at home.

— Fred He, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

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Some spellings of his name appear as Armes, an adjustment to the Finnish spelling Armas preferred by his family.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan preferred to raise the target range by a quarter-point.

— Rachel Barber, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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Markey, who was first elected to the House in 1976, has been in Congress longer than Moulton has been alive.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2026
Burnham, a former lawmaker who was elected to Parliament in June after almost a decade away as mayor of Greater Manchester, is set to make a statement in the House of Commons setting out his vision of a more active but less centralized state.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

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