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Recent Examples of deselect To turn off a specific filter, tap Filtered by again, then deselect it. Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2023 Click Edit and deselect the checkbox. Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020 On the next page that appears, deselect the Autoplay previews while browsing on all devices option. Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Nov. 2022 Occasionally, pathfinding might break and force us to deselect the entire party, select an individual character, and move them (after which pathfinding was fine again). Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2020 Churchill himself was deselected in 1904 in an argument over free trade. Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019 Make sure to knock Frontier and Spirit out of the running by deselecting them on either of the search engines, as their service and extra fees will make the fare and flight too much hassle for the money. Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2018 The lowest fares will be highlighted in green: Just make sure to deselect Frontier and Spirit, as their flights come with extra fees. Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2018 But with Labour nudging ahead of the Tories in opinion polls, there is no appetite for a coup, and deselecting troublesome MPs is easier said than done. The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deselect
Verb
  • With security vulnerabilities already confirmed for billions of Android users along with an ongoing and hard-to-detect cyberattack, Gmail users warned do not click and Google refusing to fix a reported vulnerability, 2025 has got off to a shocking start.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Trump also refused to commit to not using U.S. military to regain control of the Panama Canal.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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  • By March, 2014, all but one of the publishers had rejected the book, and Kim and Freeman parted ways.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The deal, which Biden rejected for national security reasons, may damage future investments and business plans with foreign allies, analysts have said.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • The macOS users who ignore this warning do so at their own peril.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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    Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • John Irving, an attorney for de Oliveira, declined to comment on Cannon's ruling.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • However, the state’s herd sizes had been declining for years; the dairy biodigester boom may have just helped stave off further decline.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Deselect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deselect. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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