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Adding new state selectors #3596

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Remember that `state:modified` includes _all_ of the criteria above, as well as some extra resource-specific criteria, such as modifying a source's `freshness` or `quoting` rules or an exposure's `maturity` property. (View the source code for the full set of checks used when comparing [sources](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/blob/9e796671dd55d4781284d36c035d1db19641cd80/core/dbt/contracts/graph/parsed.py#L660-L681), [exposures](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/blob/9e796671dd55d4781284d36c035d1db19641cd80/core/dbt/contracts/graph/parsed.py#L768-L783), and [executable nodes](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/blob/9e796671dd55d4781284d36c035d1db19641cd80/core/dbt/contracts/graph/parsed.py#L319-L330).)

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There are two additional `state` selectors that complement `state:new` and `state:modified` by representing the inverse of those functions:
- `state:old` &mdash; A node with the same `unique_id` exists in the comparison manifest
- `state:unmodified` &mdash; All existing nodes with no changes

These selectors can help you shorten run times by excluding unchanged nodes. Currently, no subselectors are available at this time, but that may change as use cases evolve.
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### The "exposure" method

The `exposure` method is used to select parent resources of a specified [exposure](/docs/build/exposures). Use in conjunction with the `+` operator.
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