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preselected

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past tense of preselect

as in selected

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Thailand has selected Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s 9 Temples to Heaven as its submission for the best international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
The screenplay placed second in the horror category at the 2025 Slamdance Screenplay Competition, winning Filmmatic’s Horror/Thriller Screenplay Awards, and selected for the 2026 Grey List.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

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Some spellings of his name appear as Armes, an adjustment to the Finnish spelling Armas preferred by his family.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan preferred to raise the target range by a quarter-point.

— Rachel Barber, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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Avila was elected to the House in 2014 and served eight years there before moving to the Senate in 2022.

— Gray Rohrer, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Highland Park voters have the opportunity to decide whether the city’s mayor or members of the City Council will be limited to two terms in office, starting with those elected in the 2027 municipal election.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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