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weed out



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phase out
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He said he’d like to give supervisors greater authority to quickly weed out complaints that “are demonstrably false on their face” based on body camera footage and other evidence.”

From Los Angeles Times

Informed’s agentic-AI software has been used by large lenders such as JPMorgan Chase’s Chase Auto group, GM Financial, Ally Financial and Capital One to vet borrowers and weed out fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal

Parkanyi vets every submission, weeding out couples who appear rapacious for money, or those who demand a specific type of foreigner.

From The Wall Street Journal

She suggested that apps need to collect more data about their users' identities in order to weed out "bad actors", but stressed that any changes need to consider privacy concerns,.

From BBC

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

From Barron's