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# How to pronounce "s selection" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ssɛlɛkʃən/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **sse·lec·ti·on**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "s selection" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "We have to specify what we mean by unfair. There's selection bias in the reporting of results, because journals won't publish negative findings for the most part."
- **Watch at 35:06**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmC9JdKc3sA&t=2106s)

### Example 2
> "And in other cases, who encourage that. It's selection, but selection mediated by leaders, who create systems that try and learn. Some organizations that learning, because it's fraught with failure, damns people's careers."
- **Watch at 48:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUAuTcdmaAc&t=2925s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "It's quite a fitting topic for a panel convened in honor of Janet Yellen's selection as this year's Radcliffe medalist."
- **Watch at 9:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dVZcpEAovM&t=560s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "there's selection at every stage and people opt for different Pathways and not everybody goes the pathway that we've chosen"
- **Watch at 21:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYlfkSOywpQ&t=1303s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "There's bias. There's selection bias."
- **Watch at 14:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUCoeYLhGLo&t=893s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "It's the science in the article that informs the journal's selection, maybe some other things as well, which none of us are privy to."
- **Watch at 1:55**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWAEr2egtsI&t=115s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "That's selection bias. I selected those cases, but that doesn't mean that's statistically relevant."
- **Watch at 73:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA3xCpYLA34&t=4416s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "There's selection sort. And as I said to you, it has to do n passes it because it can only ever guarantee that it gets"
- **Watch at 38:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LOwPhPDwVc&t=2312s)

### Example 9
> "I said that there's selection in Ted Talk-like environments for saying provocative things, and this is a slightly provocative thing."
- **Watch at 19:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPUZTJGG7hw&t=1149s)

### Example 10
> "like you go to Harvard yeah or whatever and your wife also goes to Harvard it's like it's this location based uh meeting well it's not location it's selection it's like there are selections that are made about who gets to a certain place and when like it's like Harvard admissions is a filter so so we're going to have to decide what are the values that we want to realize through this"
- **Watch at 215:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K78jqx9fx2I&t=12901s)


## How to Pronounce "s selection"

- **Syllables**: sse · lec · ti · on
- **IPA**: `/ssɛlɛkʃən/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[selection](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/selection)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “s selection”?
“s selection” is pronounced /ssɛlɛkʃən/ (sse · lec · ti · on). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “s selection”?
“s selection” has 4 syllables: sse · lec · ti · on.

### How can I hear “s selection” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “s selection” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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