WINNOW Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

winnow

verb

as in to cull

to remove less desirable choices from a group or list They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates. I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price.

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Recent Examples of winnow Winners were chosen by a panel of 50 top automotive journalists who have driven each entrant extensively, winnowing down the field to nine finalists. —

Ed Garsten, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 McGahern winnowed it to fewer than two hundred pages from drafts that exceeded one thousand. —

Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the shortlists for the 97th Oscars in 10 categories on Tuesday, winnowing the field of contenders across documentary, international feature, music, sound and visual effects. —

Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024 To winnow it down, the academy first relies on the Producers Guild of America: Which producers were the most involved? —

Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for winnow

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Hilleman, however, asked farmers to not cull their roosters, because vaccine manufacturers would need a huge supply of eggs to produce the vaccine before the virus fully hit the United States.

— Alexandra M. Lord, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
When a bird becomes infected with the virus, the animal needs to be culled and the eggs need to be destroyed.

— Megan Forrester, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2025