Exceptional and Selected

Exceptional

Exceptional adjective - Being out of the ordinary.

Selected and exceptional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Selected" instead an adjective "Exceptional".

Selected

Selected adjective - Singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking.
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Synonyms for Selected

Exceptional and selected are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exceptional" instead an adjective "Selected".

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  • Fallen Hero An exceptional militiaman, he was selected for a "special mission" - being subjected to human experimentation that stripped him of his humanity.
    Source: Fallen Hero
  • Literature / The Traitor Baru Cormorant After her graduation, she is selected for an exceptional post as the new Imperial Accountant for the recently conquered feudal nation of Aurdwynn, a powderkeg of sedition and rebellion.
  • Music / Duke Ellington Renaissance Man: As Stephen Lasker wrote, "We may be thankful Ellington selected music as a career, for he was a man of exceptional talent in fields apart from music..." In another universe, he might have been just as successful as a writer, painter, bridge player, or baseball player.
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