chaff
Example Sentences
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On the car past the calliope a Farmer’s Friend wind stacker blew out circulars and handbills instead of chaff.
From Literature
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It may do better to address the chaff of quarterly earnings guidance.
From Barron's
My peers would say we’ve always served that purpose, but sorting wheat from chaff isn’t the same as steering someone toward shows that are not simply satisfying but palliative.
From Salon
“The big challenge for investors is to separate the wheat from the chaff and make sure that they don’t punish the true winners,” he said.
From Barron's
Put simply, while the biggest stocks in the AI trade still dominate index performance with the sheer heft of their market values, investors are separating the wheat from the chaff in the recent pullback.
From Barron's
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