self-selected
- a word derived from self-selection.
Example Sentences
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Guys from similar parts of Mexico tended to hang out with each other; the central Americans self-selected; the troques didn’t do too much mixing with the guys on bikes.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
For the study, students self-selected their gender cohort and were assigned to a session on a first-come first-serve basis.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023
His self-selected call sign back then was U0, or youling in Chinese, a homonym for the word “ghost.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Those in attendance were, of course, self-selected — people who cared for the queen and had come to express their affection.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
It’s a recounting of three self-selected conflicts from the timeline of wars we as a class had agreed upon.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
