select
verb (used with object)
to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
selected
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past participleof select.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof select.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
selectverb (used with object)to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
Example Sentences
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Anthropic stored Elvis’ songs “into a permanent, general-purpose central library intended to be retained indefinitely, from which subsets were selected and copied again to train the next generation of Claude models,” the lawsuit contends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
The 13 funds the Journal analyzed held about $195 billion in shares of 15 companies selected as representative of the AI trade, including hyperscalers and top U.S. chip firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Few of those selected for this tournament bear the scars of that encounter, with a youthful and dynamic squad featuring only six of the team from the Sin City debacle.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Lechevallier had been selected by French President Emmanuel Macron to replace the previous envoy, Laurent Bili, over the summer, but his appointment was thrown into limbo after a dispute stemming from the UN.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Pentagon planners had selected more than a thousand priority targets in the Soviet Union, as well as Eastern Europe and communist China, mainly military bases and cities.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
