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George narrowly lost her High Peak seat in 2019 and became a councillor for Whaley Bridge in a 2020 by-election, before being deselected by her party in February.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

Last week, the DUP nominated Diane Forsythe to stand as their candidate in South Down, replacing the current assembly member Jim Wells, who has been deselected.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 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