Example Sentences
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He is expected to be deselected when his Upper Bann constituency association meets in June to choose its candidate for the next Northern Ireland Assembly election.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
It is understood the sitting DUP South Down assembly member, Jim Wells, has not been approved as a DUP candidate this time and has been deselected.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022
One poster, a guy from Cumbria with no formal profile in the media whatsoever, did investigative work that led to two Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidates being deselected.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
There will also be dozens of seats in which special factors will apply, including deselected MPs from both main parties running as independents.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2019
Some people have deselected whole groups of packages by mistake and not noticed the error until too late. dselect is a very powerful tool; don't misuse it.
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John
