chaff
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“The larger world, if it doesn’t directly impact the day-to-day,” she told me, “becomes chaff that you kind of block out because you’re so focused on trying to survive this crucible that you’re in.”
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
“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 • Jan. 13, 2026
Seven hundred reviewers will attempt to separate the wheat from the chaff, while 1,300 arts industry professionals will scour the city for shows to take on tour, or make into television.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024
He rubs off the papery chaff with his fingers, parboils them and covers them with seasoned rice vinegar in a jar for 24 hours.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024
It tore the logs of the raft apart as a great wind scatters a heap of dried chaff; it flung Odysseus into the wild waters.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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