cull

Example Sentences

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In the wake of Sydney's recent flurry of shark attacks, heightened fears have reinvigorated calls for a cull.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

A cull of these half-dead businesses is freeing up capital and labor for more entrepreneurial, productive firms, while also allowing those healthier companies to improve their own profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Some of California’s most popular campuses, including the UCs and USC, do not use AI to cull applicants, and use only human readers and admissions staff.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

Bardot - or B.B. as she was known in France - campaigned against the annual seal cull in Canada, and irritated some of her countrymen by condemning the eating of horse meat.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

There Call, his hands in heavy rubber gloves, would cull, using a culling hammer.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson