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winnowing

noun as in threshing

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Example Sentences

At one point he had 100 counts before winnowing it down to 35.

The natural winnowing process will move more quickly than many fear.

Winnowing down countless artifacts to compile A History of New York in 101 Objects was challenging enough.

Winnowing it down to the 10 best series was a near-impossible task.

A terrible winnowing began: Sunni Muslims to the right, everyone else to the left.

When it has become white and fine, it is placed in a kind of linen winnowing-fan, which is kept damp in a peculiar manner.

It is the winnowing fan of death that makes for the development of animal life.

A winnowing process—Swartboy's thick lips acting as a fan—was next gone through; and the legs and wings were thus got rid of.

Jud had hardly said this when there came a loud hoot, and the sound of winnowing wings reached them.

On the second afternoon, such is effect of rigid winnowing, there were but nine men to ride.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to winnowing, such as: beating, flailing, garnering, harvesting, separating, and sifting.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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