cull
verb (used with object)
to select and remove from a group, especially to discard or destroy as inferior.
have culled
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present perfectof cull.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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In an effort to stop the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza - a deadly, extremely infectious type of bird flu - farmers have culled more than seven million egg-laying chickens.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
With the latest round of reductions, Disney officials say the company will have culled a total of 4,000 jobs.
From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2023
George Church and his Harvard postdocs have culled forty-five promising gene variants, not only from “super centenarians”—humans who’ve lived to a hundred and ten—but also from yeast, worms, flies, and long-lived animals.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
Given that he’s making only the barest claim to accuracy, he might have culled the herd more in the interest of clarity.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2016
There is much curious information respecting this mythic animal in the Tales of the Cymry and from this work I have culled many thoughts.
From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Elias Owen
