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Recent Examples of winnow 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 Dealerships are typically going all out to move the metal, both to meet year-end quotas and to winnow down excess inventory, especially of what are now last year’s models. Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 The field is winnowed and campaigning gets much tougher. Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2024 In 1923, New York Times film critic Mordaunt Hall winnowed down 10 titles from the over 200 films the paper reviewed that year. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for winnow 
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  • Milestones were squibs about births, deaths, and marriages, bits of information culled from newspapers and the wire services.
    John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Bird flu outbreaks cause egg prices to spike because the flocks that get it are culled, according to Leibsle.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
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  • His evening ceremonies were pared down compared to events held around town for Obama's two inaugurations.
    Anna Spiegel, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The end-result: What was a 26 episode order was pared down to just 20 episodes.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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  • The Razorbacks trimmed the MU lead to 12 on the back of a 6-0 run in the early minutes of the second half.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
  • As the industry moves toward a leaner model, companies are trimming headcount.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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  • Giants starter Jason Pinnock was cut while playing under Manuel for the Jets in 2021.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Though Trump promised to bring down interest rates on the campaign trail, the president does not directly impact monetary policy, and the Fed many not cut interest rates again for a few months.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • Working with a sliding scale provider, as mentioned above, is another great way to reduce costs.
    Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 27 Jan. 2025
  • In an interview with Fox News Digital, Takahashi said this new report underscores how carbonated water impacts weight loss by promoting the sensation of fullness, which can reduce food intake and lower overall calorie consumption.
    Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
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  • Historians sifted through the belt buckles, pocket watches, small sabers and sheaths, and remains of a Soviet-era plane that had crashed in Poland in the 1970s, according to the post.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
  • This unavoidable task eats into a company’s capacity to scale, with the potential for delays caused by everything from document access to sifting through entire knowledge bases to pinpoint the correct document.
    Ravikiran Dharmavaram, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Winnow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winnow. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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