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  • Adults pre-select the list of books children can choose from.

    The Many Mysteries of Children's Choices Roger Sutton 2008

  • Every day, Matt Drudge, the Huffington Post, Yahoo, Google, Swampland, or a hundred other different bloggers, will pre-select articles for you and provide links.

    The Internet Effect on News - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • Representatives for Macy's and Nordstrom said their employees routinely pre-select merchandise once a relationship between personal shopper and customer is cemented, and both chains said they can offer a private area for users of the service.

    Personal Shoppers Find Clothes to Make the Man 2010

  • Personal shopper didn't pre-select any items but quickly found several appropriate suits and sports jacket.

    Personal Shoppers Find Clothes to Make the Man 2010

  • I can see the advantages to having adults pre-select, but if you're going to end up with a list like this, you might as well let the kids have at it from the get-go, without any outside intervention from adults.

    The Many Mysteries of Children's Choices Roger Sutton 2008

  • Gender selection has been all over the airwaves, thanks to lots of articles in media about various procedures used to pre-select the gender of babies.

    December 2009 2009

  • There is a rare exception here in the U.S. that genetic testing may also be used to pre-select baby gender legally it is disallowed in most other countries.

    December 2009 2009

  • Parents can pre-select email correspondence options, browsers, the websites their kids visit and the programs they use.

    Disney adds Kid Friendly Netbooks to electronics offerings | The Disney Blog 2009

  • Called NBC Direct, the service will launch in October, and will eventually allow fans to pre-select shows to automatically download to their PCs.

    Tube Bits For 09/20/07 2007

  • Called NBC Direct, the service will launch in October, and will eventually allow fans to pre-select shows to automatically download to their PCs.

    September 2007 2007

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