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In October, Piddock said he had been "deselected" for the Giro di Lombardia "just as things were on the up after a turbulent end to the year".

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

Labour have not publicly commented on the reasons why she was deselected.

From BBC • May 30, 2024

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