diff --git a/eclipse-collections-code-generator/src/main/resources/impl/list/immutable/immutablePrimitiveArrayList.stg b/eclipse-collections-code-generator/src/main/resources/impl/list/immutable/immutablePrimitiveArrayList.stg
index a42405b9cf..d029326363 100644
--- a/eclipse-collections-code-generator/src/main/resources/impl/list/immutable/immutablePrimitiveArrayList.stg
+++ b/eclipse-collections-code-generator/src/main/resources/impl/list/immutable/immutablePrimitiveArrayList.stg
@@ -721,17 +721,8 @@ final class Immutable<name>ArrayList
     @Override
     public Immutable<name>List distinct()
     {
-        <name>ArrayList target = new <name>ArrayList();
         Mutable<name>Set seenSoFar = new <name>HashSet(this.size());
-
-        for (<type> each : this.items)
-        {
-            if (seenSoFar.add(each))
-            {
-                target.add(each);
-            }
-        }
-        return target.toImmutable();
+        return this.select(seenSoFar::add);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/eclipse-collections-code-generator/src/main/resources/impl/list/mutable/primitiveArrayList.stg b/eclipse-collections-code-generator/src/main/resources/impl/list/mutable/primitiveArrayList.stg
index 0f55662253..0ace843818 100644
--- a/eclipse-collections-code-generator/src/main/resources/impl/list/mutable/primitiveArrayList.stg
+++ b/eclipse-collections-code-generator/src/main/resources/impl/list/mutable/primitiveArrayList.stg
@@ -1022,18 +1022,8 @@ public class <name>ArrayList extends Abstract<name>Iterable
     @Override
     public Mutable<name>List distinct()
     {
-        <name>ArrayList target = new <name>ArrayList();
         Mutable<name>Set seenSoFar = new <name>HashSet(this.size());
-
-        for (int i = 0; i \< this.size; i++)
-        {
-            <type> each = this.items[i];
-            if (seenSoFar.add(each))
-            {
-                target.add(each);
-            }
-        }
-        return target;
+        return this.select(seenSoFar::add);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/string/immutable/CharAdapter.java b/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/string/immutable/CharAdapter.java
index 2645fd6765..b54e34b727 100644
--- a/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/string/immutable/CharAdapter.java
+++ b/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/string/immutable/CharAdapter.java
@@ -166,19 +166,8 @@ public void each(CharProcedure procedure)
     @Override
     public CharAdapter distinct()
     {
-        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
         MutableCharSet seenSoFar = CharSets.mutable.empty();
-
-        int size = this.size();
-        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
-        {
-            char each = this.get(i);
-            if (seenSoFar.add(each))
-            {
-                builder.append(each);
-            }
-        }
-        return new CharAdapter(builder.toString());
+        return this.select(seenSoFar::add);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/string/immutable/CodePointAdapter.java b/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/string/immutable/CodePointAdapter.java
index 4323acfe03..c6c5b575cb 100644
--- a/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/string/immutable/CodePointAdapter.java
+++ b/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/string/immutable/CodePointAdapter.java
@@ -174,20 +174,8 @@ public void each(IntProcedure procedure)
     @Override
     public CodePointAdapter distinct()
     {
-        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
         MutableIntSet seenSoFar = IntSets.mutable.empty();
-
-        int length = this.adapted.length();
-        for (int i = 0; i < length; )
-        {
-            int codePoint = this.adapted.codePointAt(i);
-            if (seenSoFar.add(codePoint))
-            {
-                builder.appendCodePoint(codePoint);
-            }
-            i += Character.charCount(codePoint);
-        }
-        return new CodePointAdapter(builder.toString());
+        return this.select(seenSoFar::add);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/InternalArrayIterate.java b/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/InternalArrayIterate.java
index 743fee29d4..6ef3ab6f7f 100644
--- a/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/InternalArrayIterate.java
+++ b/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/InternalArrayIterate.java
@@ -924,16 +924,7 @@ public static <T> void forEachWithIndex(T[] objectArray, int size, ObjectIntProc
     public static <T, R extends List<T>> R distinct(T[] objectArray, int size, R targetList)
     {
         MutableSet<T> seenSoFar = Sets.mutable.empty();
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
-        {
-            T each = objectArray[i];
-            if (seenSoFar.add(each))
-            {
-                targetList.add(each);
-            }
-        }
-        return targetList;
+        return InternalArrayIterate.select(objectArray, size, seenSoFar::add, targetList);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -950,17 +941,7 @@ public static <T> FastList<T> distinct(T[] objectArray, int size)
     public static <T> FastList<T> distinct(T[] objectArray, int size, HashingStrategy<? super T> hashingStrategy)
     {
         MutableSet<T> seenSoFar = UnifiedSetWithHashingStrategy.newSet(hashingStrategy);
-
-        FastList<T> result = FastList.newList();
-        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
-        {
-            T each = objectArray[i];
-            if (seenSoFar.add(each))
-            {
-                result.add(each);
-            }
-        }
-        return result;
+        return InternalArrayIterate.select(objectArray, size, seenSoFar::add, FastList.newList());
     }
 
     public static <T> long sumOfInt(T[] array, int size, IntFunction<? super T> function)
diff --git a/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/IteratorIterate.java b/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/IteratorIterate.java
index df85e0d08b..91c44c55c7 100644
--- a/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/IteratorIterate.java
+++ b/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/IteratorIterate.java
@@ -1097,20 +1097,10 @@ public static <K, T, R extends MutableMapIterable<K, T>> R groupByUniqueKey(
      * @deprecated in 7.0.
      */
     @Deprecated
-    public static <T, R extends List<T>> R distinct(
-            Iterator<T> iterator,
-            R targetCollection)
+    public static <T, R extends List<T>> R distinct(Iterator<T> iterator, R targetCollection)
     {
         Set<T> seenSoFar = Sets.mutable.empty();
-        while (iterator.hasNext())
-        {
-            T item = iterator.next();
-            if (seenSoFar.add(item))
-            {
-                targetCollection.add(item);
-            }
-        }
-        return targetCollection;
+        return IteratorIterate.select(iterator, seenSoFar::add, targetCollection);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/RandomAccessListIterate.java b/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/RandomAccessListIterate.java
index 54ab2fe66f..acacbb284a 100644
--- a/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/RandomAccessListIterate.java
+++ b/eclipse-collections/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/impl/utility/internal/RandomAccessListIterate.java
@@ -1265,16 +1265,7 @@ public static <T, P, A, R extends Collection<A>> R collectWith(
     public static <T, R extends List<T>> R distinct(List<T> list, R targetList)
     {
         MutableSet<T> seenSoFar = Sets.mutable.empty();
-        int size = list.size();
-        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
-        {
-            T item = list.get(i);
-            if (seenSoFar.add(item))
-            {
-                targetList.add(item);
-            }
-        }
-        return targetList;
+        return RandomAccessListIterate.select(list, seenSoFar::add, targetList);
     }
 
     /**