selectively
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Mukulika Banerjee, an anthropologist at the London School of Economics, says the pattern of exclusion in West Bengal indicates that certain categories of the population may have been "selectively targeted".
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
By targeting these proteins more selectively, researchers may be able to create treatments that are both more effective and more predictable.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
He added that extreme declines like those seen Thursday, “or frankly over the last three months, are not based on investors selectively applying AI risk on a company-by-company basis.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Since Medicare pays private insurers a set amount per member, the risk-adjusted model ensures companies don’t selectively choose healthy people by paying them more for sicker patients.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
But none of those tamed animals was actually domesticated—that is, selectively bred in captivity and genetically modified so as to become more useful to humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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