- present participle of winnow.
winnowing
Example Sentences
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Ten stocks survived this winnowing process, and they are listed in ascending order of their volatility.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
Ask DePetro why someone might prefer his content to the nightly news, and he’ll gesture toward the rapidly winnowing media industry.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
The challenge will become winnowing out the innocuous junk from the truly dangerous slop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
Squeezing through its aperture, it’s easy to reflect on the winnowing that happens at the end of our days, as physical, mental and other abilities slowly fade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Since it was impossible to eat wild grains without first winnowing, grinding and cooking them, people who gathered these grains carried them back to their temporary campsites for processing.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
