"selecting" meaning in English

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          "text": "[…] selectings and rejectings of a few founders."
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          "text": "1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries\n'He had gained the most privileged access to Stratford-on-Avon church under unique conditions. […] The portions under repair may be screened off if he requires it, and there is no reason to suppose that he cannot introduce workmen of his own selecting."
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