Example Sentences

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The workers were culling birds at a commercial poultry farm that had been affected by the virus.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024

The Mariners tried to acquire Chapman when the A’s were culling their roster before the 2022 season to serve as a replacement for the retired Kyle Seager.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024

In a co-written paper, he reported that forty-five per cent of the zoos had said they were euthanizing healthy animals; in this cohort, seventy-nine per cent were culling mammals.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017

Still, the pace of layoffs has moderated significantly from the first quarter of last year, when employers were culling an average of 752,000 jobs a month.

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2010

On the Supreme Court docket, which the Justices were culling during their recess last week, are some 400 cases.

From Time Magazine Archive