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chaff

[chaf, chahf] / tʃæf, tʃɑf /




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It may do better to address the chaff of quarterly earnings guidance.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

It's more about whether you actually believe in something — and boy, oh boy, has the wheat been separated from the chaff in that respect.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2025

Seven hundred reviewers will attempt to separate the wheat from the chaff, while 1,300 arts industry professionals will scour the city for shows to take on tour, or make into television.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

For centuries, the process of milling rice — white or brown, sticky or sweet — produced bran, chaff and dust, and storing it brought vermin, fungi and spoilage.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

For a while there was total peace and quiet, with nothing but the sound of Piper humming quietly and a chiff- chaff chiff-chaffing in the apple tree and me turning the pages of a book.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff




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