winnow
Example Sentences
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The challenge will become winnowing out the innocuous junk from the truly dangerous slop.
From Los Angeles Times
Discovery’s winnowing of bidders is expected to accelerate this week.
From Los Angeles Times
This lackluster performance comes despite a massive winnowing of the field in recent years, as chains including Noble House, Mitchell Gold, Klaussner Home Furnishings, and Z Gallerie have closed up shop.
From Barron's
How was she to winnow down her countless questions to a mere troika?
From Literature
But its allure is being winnowed away by the noxious Russian thistle, the spread of which is entirely the fault of the ceaseless and unforgiving prairie wind.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
