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weed out



VERB
phase out
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Of course, it’s a digital table that can weed out double ordering, assess investors, and ensure compliance with securities laws, among other things.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

“Each side tries to weed out the other. The distinction we were seeing more of was either general trust or general skepticism.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

State officials and industry representatives crafted emergency regulations that they said would address gaps in hospice licensing requirements to weed out bad actors.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

It is designed to weed out the insecure and trigger-happy, the reckless hotheads with something to prove.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

And after years of bumbling, potentially crooked investigations into the Osage murders, White needed to weed out half facts and build an indubitable narrative based on what he called an “unbroken chain of evidence.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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