Example Sentences

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It will be able to obtain many more extraordinarily well-selected samples, based on both years of in situ experience from previous missions and a careful and extensive sampling campaign by the Perseverance rover.

From Scientific American • Oct. 3, 2023

“Fewer well-selected toys is likely better than a large number of toys that would be difficult for the child to keep track of through a busy day of present opening,” she said in an email.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2021

There are clear examples of where a little bit of money well spent can have an incredibly dramatic impact on a well-selected target.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2016

With a well-selected collection of scenes Ms. Halberstadt, an acclaimed French writer and producer, recalls her early life as a mousy, overlooked little girl.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2012

He read over and over those well-selected volumes, enriching his mind with their finest passages.

From The Wreckers of Sable Island by Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald)