selectivity

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Noun
  • Stigma and discrimination impede access to life-saving services and exacerbate the vulnerability of such populations.
    Peter Sands, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • This includes complaints of discrimination or abuse.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The outdated model used for 30 years provided a four-hour lead-time with 50% accuracy when determining whether radiation from a solar flare would reach Earth.
    Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Significantly, shot accuracy has improved from 29 per cent to 43 per cent.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • From empowering corporations with actionable emissions data to forging partnerships like the Retail Sustainability Collective, Weiss illuminates how businesses can approach the energy transition with clarity, precision and purpose.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Bogdanovich establishes these characters and sets them in motion, whisking them through musical numbers that mix and match the lovers in alternating romantic permutations with a mathematical precision that contrasts beautifully with the uncontrollable chaos of the emotions at stake.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Selectivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectivity. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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