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weed out



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phase out
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Social media platforms will be held responsible for weeding out underage accounts.

From Barron's

Some, like California and Texas, target scrapyards in an attempt to weed out bad actors and require them to collect data on copper sellers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Eventually, AI holdouts will either get onboard or get weeded out.

From The Wall Street Journal

He believes US forces can help weed out drugs from the 1.2 million tons of cargo a year that passes through Manta every year, including a large chunk of Ecuador's tuna exports.

From Barron's

For the last three years, she had reshuffled the cabinet multiple times and replaced military and intelligence chiefs, in moves seen as weeding out loyalists of her predecessor.

From BBC