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as in nominee
one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty
NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program
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Recent Examples of selectee
The church, erected in 1921, is among the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2024 selectees.
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Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
In eight seasons with the Patriots, Mayo was the 2008 Defensive Rookie of the Year, a 2010 All-Pro, a two-time Pro Bowl selectee and a Super Bowl 49 champion.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
Each of the selectees for 2023 can reasonably be considered a household name.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 June 2023
Diversity Immigrant Applications On Hold In regard to the Biden Appeals, Morrison argues that while thousands of Diversity Visas selectees have a legal path to immigrate to the United States, the Biden administration is using the appellate process to extinguish their immigration journeys.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
The first-team all-area selectee will lead a team looking to reach the postseason again in its first year in 5A.
—Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023
The only first basemen included were Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals, Pete Alonso of the New York Mets, C.J. Cron of the Colorado Rockies, and honorary selectee Albert Pujols, completing his career with the Cardinals.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 July 2022
Three years before that, a selectee for the International Pacific Halibut Commission also ran into residency issues.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2021
Here and there a selectee clung to a trombone or trumpet case—supplementary material for the camp band, for which a nucleus of 28 pieces is expected to arrive soon.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
In eight seasons with the Patriots, Mayo was the 2008 Defensive Rookie of the Year, a 2010 All-Pro, a two-time Pro Bowl selectee and a Super Bowl 49 champion.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
Each of the selectees for 2023 can reasonably be considered a household name.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 June 2023
Diversity Immigrant Applications On Hold In regard to the Biden Appeals, Morrison argues that while thousands of Diversity Visas selectees have a legal path to immigrate to the United States, the Biden administration is using the appellate process to extinguish their immigration journeys.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
The first-team all-area selectee will lead a team looking to reach the postseason again in its first year in 5A.
—Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023
The only first basemen included were Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals, Pete Alonso of the New York Mets, C.J. Cron of the Colorado Rockies, and honorary selectee Albert Pujols, completing his career with the Cardinals.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 July 2022
Three years before that, a selectee for the International Pacific Halibut Commission also ran into residency issues.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2021
Here and there a selectee clung to a trombone or trumpet case—supplementary material for the camp band, for which a nucleus of 28 pieces is expected to arrive soon.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selectee
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Precise figures are difficult to verify, but it’s estimated that the Israeli Army has more than four thousand soldiers of French nationality, the second-largest contingent of foreign recruits.—
Annie Hylton,
The New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2025
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The Hurricanes signed three-star recruit Judd Anderson in its 2024 class and signed four-star Luke Nickel in December.—
Manny Navarro,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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In May, Rohingya soldiers grabbed conscripts at gun- or knife-point.—
Adam Ferguson,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2024
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The deployment of conscripts is a thorny issue in Russia.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
16 Aug. 2024
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Then came the big shots from Allen, the MVP candidate whose 55-yard touchdown pass to Curtis Samuel all but buried the Broncos.—
Nick Kosmider,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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Caruso, a 2022 L.A. mayoral candidate, owns several shopping centers including the Grove, the Americana in Glendale and Palisades Village, a retail-residential complex in the heart of the Palisades that was damaged in the fire but remains standing.—
Andrea Chang,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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This year's class continues the tradition of recognizing contributors to the sport as exemplified by past inductees like Kevin Harvick and Ron Hornaday Jr. Kevin Harvick, 2014 Cup Series champion, recently joined the Board of Directors of the Hall of Fame.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2024
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What is the Music City Walk of Fame and how are inductees chosen?—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2024
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“Selectee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectee. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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