cull

Example Sentences

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Dorsey acknowledged that such a big cull could risk Block’s ability to serve its customers in the short term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 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

Hokkaido plans to cull 1,200 bears annually over the next decade.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

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

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson