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chooses

verb

present tense third-person singular of choose

as in selects

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities choose a computer that best suits your needs

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as in wants

to see fit you can wear whatever you choose to the party

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as in decides

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper

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Recent Examples of chooses Once a name is retired, the committee chooses a replacement, using relatively short, easy-to-pronounce names, and not after individuals. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 If a user chooses to store a ChatGPT conversation in the cloud, however, relevant Messages content follows the same retention policies as other content in that conversation. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 According to Gates, technological capability shouldn't automatically determine what society chooses to automate. — Jeff Haden, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 Instead, the watermark is created through the words Claude chooses while generating text. — New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026 The person driving picks the music, and more pertinently, the person doing the dishes chooses how to load the dishwasher. — John Hodgman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 The agent compares options, chooses a payment method and clears the transaction. — Lital Marom, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Other times the canvas can still be enormous; what’s small is the intimate story Scott chooses to tell within it. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 As her first cold case, Lauren chooses the murder more than 20 years ago of Sherry Darling, a transgender woman whose boyfriend’s conviction in her death was overturned on appeal. — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

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When there are multiple logical possibilities for what the next word should be, the model typically selects one of those words by chance, based on their relative frequencies in the data.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Each envelope contains a message meant to encourage, validate or uplift the person who selects it.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of selects

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The acquisition’s financing depends on savings that the protections everyone wants would prohibit.

— Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Garden Homes wants to build at 30 Parade Hill Road, a small property a little less than a mile north of the town’s commercial center and a bit more than a mile south of the New Canaan Country Club.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of wants

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Check back Thursday for complete College Football Playoff and national championship picks from The Athletic’s college football staff.

— Austin Mock, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Especially with Watson, CB’s pal, getting traded to the Cavs as part of a five-team swap that landed the Nuggets draft picks in ’31 and ’32.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of picks

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Coastal decor darling Serena & Lily brings you the Pacifica modular collection to suit any configuration that pleases you.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 May 2026
For something more substantial, Ramsey’s pleases both vegetarians and meat eaters with options such as BBQ brisket sandwich with homemade onion straws or Zucchini Noodle Thai Bowl.

— Sarah Miller, Midwest Living, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of pleases

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The pro tennis star often opts for stilettos attached to colorful footwear choices like sandal heels or mules.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 29 Aug. 2026
His tape from last preseason and regular season, making acrobatic plays, would be tantalizing if Cincinnati opts to keep Meyers and Jones/Williams instead.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of opts

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The second-generation iPhone SE is a practical option for anyone who prefers smaller phones and Apple’s physical Home button.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026
Andoni Iraola’s side are still hoping to do a deal with Paris Saint-Germain for Bradley Barcola, who prefers to play on the left flank, having discussed a move all summer.

— Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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