culling

Example Sentences

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And in the Darwin-esque culling of leaders that followed, the ones that emerged victorious had little love for the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

The government has unveiled a deer management strategy that will identify priority culling areas and make it easier to carry out licensed night-time and closed-season shooting.

From BBC

This wasn’t a major housecleaning but more like a culling of online subscriptions.

From The Wall Street Journal

To solve it, she has employed a full-time worker whose main job is culling deer.

From BBC

By culling the bears -- which can weigh up to half a ton and outrun a human -- officials hope to stem the threat across parts of northern Japan.

From Barron's