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  • adjective well expressed and to the point

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Examples

  • It's a worthwhile aim, because over the long term well-chosen shares can be a fantastic source of both income in the form of dividends and capital growth.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • "No one questions the power of well-chosen words and images to sell automobiles or beer or pharmaceuticals," said the Rev.

    Religious Leaders Call For Calm, Civility After Arizona Shooting Josh Fleet 2011

  • It's also part of the new curatorial fashion in film festivals: a big name will be asked to curate sometimes at long-distance a strand by personally selecting a number of films with a unifying idea or theme and then putting their name to the resulting event, perhaps with some well-chosen words for the programme.

    Port Eliot film festival selection has hints of Martin Scorsese 2011

  • Or forget the whole idea and buy a couple of well-chosen paperbacks?

    Archive 2009-02-01 Jean 2009

  • Legend was made to sing songs originally performed by Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway alongside obscure but well-chosen selections such as Baby Huey and the Babysitters 'fantastic Hard Times.

    John Legend & the Roots: Wake Up! - review Dave Simpson 2010

  • You should begin your day with an early breakfast, followed by a well-chosen lunch and a satisfying dinner, with two to three well-timed snacks.

    The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011

  • To maintain solidarity with regular folks, it would feature the occasional, well-chosen populist crusade.

    The Man in the Middle 2009

  • "No one questions the power of well-chosen words and images to sell automobiles or beer or pharmaceuticals," said the Rev.

    Religious Leaders Call For Calm, Civility After Arizona Shooting Josh Fleet 2011

  • You should begin your day with an early breakfast, followed by a well-chosen lunch and a satisfying dinner, with two to three well-timed snacks.

    The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011

  • The book is an admirable collection of well-chosen, and sometimes under-reported tales of resistance from different countries around the world, including my own home country, Iran.

    Iran and the power of small acts of resistance Saeed Kamali Dehghan 2010

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