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selective

adjective as in discriminating

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"There has been an effort to break Hunter - who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution," President Biden said.

From BBC

It was only later, when they could afford it, that Spencer-Roberts became more selective in its clientele.

U.S. students who enrolled last fall were are the first to be affected by the decision, which matters only at a small number of the most selective American universities where admissions are highly competitive.

That’s fine for those who like to watch movies that both look and function like video games, but in a cinema climate overrun by sequels, we have to be selective.

From Salon

Dinger said his brokerage used to place renters with about a half dozen or so carriers, but now they rely largely on just two and each has become more selective in who they will cover.

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