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culling

[kuhl-ing] / ˈkʌl ɪŋ /






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Admittedly, Ms. Browne’s culling and slimming at times curtails crucial information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The culling is part of an opening phase that will test whether any other tools, methods or equipment are needed when crews expand the process next year, Barton told The Times earlier this month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

There have been calls for alternative methods to vaccination for controlling the infection among cattle, such as badger culling, as they can carry the disease and transmit it to cattle.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

“I always think, like the song, about cleaning it up or at least culling it so I could get all the records off the floor and onto the shelves.”

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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