What is a SELECT statement used for in SQL?

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A SELECT statement is used to retrieve specific data from one or more tables in a database.
It allows us to choose required columns instead of pulling all data.
We use WHERE conditions to filter records based on business rules.
In my project, SELECT was used to extract daily sales for reporting.
It also supports joins to combine data from multiple tables.
Aggregations like SUM or COUNT are applied using SELECT with GROUP BY.
This forms the base for most data extraction and analysis queries.

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