culling

Example Sentences

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And in the Darwin-esque culling of leaders that followed, the ones that emerged victorious had little love for the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

This wasn’t a major housecleaning but more like a culling of online subscriptions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

By culling the bears -- which can weigh up to half a ton and outrun a human -- officials hope to stem the threat across parts of northern Japan.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Conféderation Rurale and Conféderation Paysanne say the policy is being brutally applied, and is in any case unnecessary because a combination of selective culling and vaccination would suffice.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

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

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson