weeding out
Example Sentences
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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 ● Dec. 8, 2025
Social media platforms will be held responsible for weeding out underage accounts.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
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 ● Nov. 9, 2025
“They’re just better at weeding out what works and what doesn’t work, you know?” said Anderson, who went 6-6 with a 5.43 ERA in his first season with the Angels in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
This I consider a weeding out of defective lamps, because if it were that the current was too strong, the fuses would have given way.
From Wrinkles in Electric Lighting by Stephen, Vincent
