weeding out
Example Sentences
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The work being done by volunteers includes digging up and weeding out an island in the brook to help the water flow freely again.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Plenty of investors still think that the AI build-out could get messy, with companies overspending and Wall Street eventually weeding out the losers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Social media platforms will be held responsible for weeding out underage accounts.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
Her bill would also prod states to do a better job of weeding out ineligible families or else be forced to cover some of those costs themselves.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
But neither grows morbid from his vision; for that same vision shows each that the ravening destruction is only a weeding out of the unfit.
From The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut