SELECTS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

selects

verb

present tense third-person singular of select

as in chooses

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship

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Recent Examples of selects Using a handheld scanner, inspector John Devito selects items throughout the store and compares the shelf price to what comes up at the register. —

Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 As a result of the sociological turn in journalism research, journalists were then increasingly viewed in an organizational context and the idea of an autonomously acting gatekeeper who selects sources was rejected. —

Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 In addition to the in-competition Golden Lions, the Biennale’s curator often selects a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, which historically has been announced ahead of the artist list being revealed. —

Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Carolina selects Austin Barber, OT (Florida). —

Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026 Karlovy Vary’s programming team selects 10 film school students and graduates for Future Frames from a pool of candidates nominated by member organizations of European Film Promotion. —

Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026 Teenagers who don’t want to play for an NAHL franchise that selects them can search for other leagues in which to skate, which is what several potential Mallards chose to do this season. —

Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026 An attention mechanism then selects the most relevant data points, while a Kolmogorov-Arnold Network performs the final prediction of position. —

Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026 Shy passengers should note that the cast selects a few patrons to join them onstage and unlike Luna’s other new shows, there is a $45 per person cover charge. —

Nathan Diller, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026

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It is set in the summer of 1977 after Victoria Leonard’s world changes forever when Caitlin Somers chooses her as a friend.

— Peter White, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Needham Research analyst Laura Martin also suggested that advertising could be much higher if Apple chooses to go down that path, but Ternus could also use Apple’s $67 billion or so in cash to other, more ambitious use-cases.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026