winnowing

With streamers and premium cable networks cornering the market on “prestige” dramas that prioritize serialized stories told over a winnowing number of episodes and seasons, broadcast network shows like “9-1-1” are a pleasant reprieve.

“What’s nice about Frasier’s erudition is he’s actually quite specific about what he wants to say, so the jumble of words is not really unconnected to what he’s trying to make clear. The specificity makes it easy to remember; it’s really like doing Shakespeare. If there’s too much chat in the language, I’ll suggest winnowing it down so it makes a more concise point.”

The move, which the company said was meant to help employees seeking additional hours, contributed to an overall winnowing of its workforce.

This helps identify candidate proteins of interest either based on their specific functions or how their genome is arranged, winnowing down the search space of vast datasets.

It took a great deal of winnowing to get there.