winnow
Example Sentences
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Faced with far more applications than slots, prestigious colleges winnow the pool of prospective admits through consideration of their academic records, test scores, activities and personal attributes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
It and a second semifinal on Thursday will winnow a field of 37 nations to 26 who will compete in Saturday’s final against a backdrop of both parties and protests.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024
The point of the process is to winnow the field to a manageable size, and winnowed the field was.
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2024
To winnow them down, the Templeton World Charity Foundation has begun supporting large-scale studies that put different pairs of theories in a head-to-head test, in a process called adversarial collaboration.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2023
How was she to winnow down her countless questions to a mere troika?
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.