cull
verb (used with object)
to select and remove from a group, especially to discard or destroy as inferior.
has culled
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present perfectof cull (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Taiwan has culled dozens of pigs after detecting its first cases of African swine fever, with the agriculture ministry saying Thursday no other infections have been detected elsewhere on the island.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
South Africa has been struggling to contain bird flu for several months and has culled more than seven million egg-laying hens - 20-30% of the country's entire stock.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2023
Still, the company also has culled a handful of programmes from its pipeline in recent months and suffered setbacks in its marketed cancer drug portfolio.
From Reuters ● Apr. 18, 2023
Shouldn’t the fact that Mr. Franco has culled his selection to such a tiny number signify that these are wines he likes?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2017
Poetry has culled her fairest flowers and wreathed her softest, to bind her Author's "bleeding brow."
From The Story of Mattie J. Jackson Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery by L. S. Thompson
