selecting

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"These results suggest that weedkillers -- which, unlike antibiotics, are widely applied in agricultural environments -- may have the unintended side-effect of selecting for AMR among bacterial communities within the soil."

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

Yet the Lakers also are aware that picking that late in the round could leave them selecting the best player available.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026

Its role is ballooning across all the less-visceral chores that militaries tackle, particularly in giving priority to intelligence for selecting targets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Before the tournament, Ghana head coach Carlos Quieroz said he had no qualms over selecting Partey.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Meantime, Mr. Rochester had again summoned the ladies round him, and was selecting certain of their number to be of his party.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë