selected
/sɪˈlɛktɪd/ adjective B1- That have been selected or chosen.
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From amongst these vegetables he selected the most simple—a cabbage, for instance.
“The party seemed so well selected, so suitable one with the other.
Well, I selected the cartilages of the heads of these fishes, and you can scarcely imagine the delight with which I welcomed the arrival of each Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, as affording me the means of increasing my stock of pens; for I will freely confess that my historical labors have been my greatest solace and relief.
It now first struck her, that _she_ was selected from among her sisters as worthy of being the mistress of Hunsford Parsonage, and of assisting to form a quadrille table at Rosings, in the absence of more eligible visitors.
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