as in discard
something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others
the unbruised apples will be packed in bags, and the culls will be used for cider
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as in to select
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings
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Recent Examples of cull
Zak Doffman, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
That warning came weeks before the ailing giant announced plans on Monday to close at least three factories in Germany and cull tens of thousands of jobs.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Asia, 13 May 2024
Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
The flavors can be traced back to the weather of 2015, which delivered a wet spring followed by a dry and warm summer season, which impacted the fruit culled during that time.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
But the other major Play Store update this year has been a cull of low-quality, high-risk apps.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
That warning came weeks before the ailing giant announced plans on Monday to close at least three factories in Germany and cull tens of thousands of jobs.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Asia, 13 May 2024
Verb
If those institutions get culled amid the Muskian push for efficiency, the hardship will not be temporary for those who rely on government support.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
The flavors can be traced back to the weather of 2015, which delivered a wet spring followed by a dry and warm summer season, which impacted the fruit culled during that time.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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Textile discards make up a huge portion of landfills, so look for a way those clothes can be reused or recycled.Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
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When West discards, South knows West had two clubs, three trumps and surely no more than six diamonds (since East followed low-high on the high diamonds).Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Pete Hegseth Trump selected Pete Hegseth as his secretary of defense, praising his status as a combat veteran and role as a co-host on Fox & Friends Weekend.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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All products are independently selected by our editors.Arancha Gamo, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2024
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There are nearly 200,000 frames in a two-hour movie shot at 24 frames per second.Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
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Pull up a chair—actually, no need to sit, because the answer is so simple that it can be summed up in a few seconds.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors.Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 12 Dec. 2024
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Manufacturers of vehicles and charging infrastructure will be chosen through competitive bidding.Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Led by the foul-mouthed and fouler-smelling Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), the team of rejects consists of River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung), Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar) and Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves) among others including newcomer, J.K. Coe (Thomas Brooke).Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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The true stab here isn’t just that Donald lied to Roy on his deathbed, or that Donald would so callously reject the friend who turned him from an outer-borough reject into a mover and shaker within Manhattan.Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Ramirez rarely used the same weapon and picked his victims seemingly at random, even choosing to leave some of them alive.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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New York is currently slotted to pick second as the other team with only two wins this season.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The company takes Clover’s powerful architecture a step further with features competitors lack.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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That single-player mode takes about 25 hours to complete, and is a great way to get introduced to the game's mechanics.Jason Bennett, arkansasonline.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Cull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cull. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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