Example Sentences

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Sunday's vote will select candidates ahead of a final round on April 26, with results due May 13.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that Trump will select a new chair in January.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025

Hull KR's Lewis has retained his place with Williams in the matchday squad, from which Wane will select 17 players to face the Kangaroos at Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

There is already much speculation about whom the cardinals will select and whether that new pope will continue Francis’ pastoral priorities of concern for the poor and reform of the Vatican bureaucracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

“Tomorrow morning you must all line up here, and we will select people for various tasks that have to be carried out.”

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah