weeded
Example Sentences
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That requirement has weeded out a lot of bad candidates for our investments.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
Anyone deemed untrainable or seen as dragging their feet risks being weeded out of hiring processes, marked down in performance reviews or laid off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
The long biotech winter cleaned up the sector: Many biotech companies that went public too early during the COVID-inspired biotech frenzy got weeded out by the sector’s subsequent weakness, Renna says.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
Patrick McNicholas, who co-counsels cases with the firm, said the lawsuits were weeded out as part of the firm’s vetting process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
But I have enough canned and dried stuff to live on; and if he had seen the garden, all in rows and weeded, he would have known someone was here.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
