Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Already, the success of the front-runners is winnowing out competition, as some companies drop their sickle cell gene therapy programs.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
“The field is winnowing, and there are growing discussions about diversity in the field.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2019
Castro's reaction was in response to an interview where Buttigieg told journalist John Heilemann that he believed the primary is winnowing down to two people.
From Fox News ● Nov. 4, 2019
Pierre Bergé, the longtime partner of Yves Saint Laurent, is winnowing his possessions this fall, and Saint Laurent memorabilia is also surfacing on the market.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2015
He is winnowing the wind; he is washing not gold but water.
From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by William Ernest Henley
