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| selection |
in biology, the process taking place over many generations by which one variant of a particular organism survives over another; natural selection. [1/4 definitions] |
| self-selection |
combined form of selection. |
| Socialist party |
any of several political parties that advocate socialism, often by democratic selection. [1/2 definitions] |
| taxeme |
any of the minimal features in grammatical construction, such as word selection, word order, or phonetic modification. |
| which |
what certain one or ones of a group or selection mentioned or understood. [1/9 definitions] |
| wine steward |
one who is responsible for the selection and serving of wines in a restaurant or the like; sommelier. |
| word square |
a selection of words arranged in a square that reads the same vertically or horizontally. |
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