Example Sentences

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Before we began the experiment, Sam reiterated that the worst part of online dating is weeding through all the guys.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2023

The pair wondered whether other gene variants affect survival so dramatically—and whether natural selection is weeding them out.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 3, 2019

The food war that is raging across the country is weeding out the weakest links, leaving small and medium-size grocery companies struggling to stay afloat.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2018

History is weeding out the gimmicks, putting the old category question to rest.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2017

We have just got to grapple with whatever we have to do whether it is weeding the onion patch, or running the Government.

From Rilla of Ingleside by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)