culling
Americannoun
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the act or process of selecting and removing desirable or undesirable individuals from a group.
Reducing farm exposure to the bacteria will require more rigorous testing and culling of infected animals.
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the process of gathering or collecting.
To realize progress through the transfer of ideas, an informed culling of content and the extension of a shared knowledge base are essential.
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the group of things resulting from either of these processes.
The collection War in Context provides a crucial culling of stories that I would surely have missed had I not read it.
Etymology
Origin of culling
Example Sentences
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It is her way of culling the weaklings; she will care only for the cubs that survive the fall and clamber back up to the bridge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The culling is part of an opening phase that will test whether any other tools, methods or equipment are needed when crews expand the process next year, Barton told The Times earlier this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The culling of farm animals in Northern Ireland is strictly regulated by Daera under specific laws.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“I always think, like the song, about cleaning it up or at least culling it so I could get all the records off the floor and onto the shelves.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
A live oyster, a good one, when it hits the culling board has a tightly closed shell.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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