winnowing
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Maybe at peak valuations these stocks were trading on a price-earnings multiples of 30-40 times, Lapping observes, but not after the winnowing caused by AI fears:
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The winnowing of victims has been the result of byzantine legal procedures, strict vetting and tightened eligibility rules, which victims told ProPublica and the Inquirer took them by surprise.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Ask DePetro why someone might prefer his content to the nightly news, and he’ll gesture toward the rapidly winnowing media industry.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
The winnowing has hit especially hard in Delaware, DuPont’s home base.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Genealogists are worked to death winnowing the debris of ancestry for grains of greatness.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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