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Recent Examples of culled
Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
All the information that Gemini is drawing upon will be culled from the roughly 250 million places stored in Google Maps’ database of reviews accumulated during the past 20 years.
—Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
He's seen as a weakling, and he must be culled from the clan.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Trier puts together the soundtracks of all his movies; they’re sometimes culled from playlists he’s made for Vogt and himself to listen to while writing.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
The heavy-metal legends spent this past summer on the European run of their half-century trek, which features an all-favorites set list culled from Iron Maiden’s first nine studio albums.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Privates and noncommissioned officers were culled from stateside divisions, trained as riflemen, and sent overseas.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms and officials took a breath.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
On Wednesday, the Jets practiced on what appeared to be a makeshift field culled together for the Browns last week, surrounded by trees and not much else.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
The court’s dismissal paves the way for the flock of around 330 ostriches to be culled.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
All the information that Gemini is drawing upon will be culled from the roughly 250 million places stored in Google Maps’ database of reviews accumulated during the past 20 years.
—Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
He's seen as a weakling, and he must be culled from the clan.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Trier puts together the soundtracks of all his movies; they’re sometimes culled from playlists he’s made for Vogt and himself to listen to while writing.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
The heavy-metal legends spent this past summer on the European run of their half-century trek, which features an all-favorites set list culled from Iron Maiden’s first nine studio albums.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Privates and noncommissioned officers were culled from stateside divisions, trained as riflemen, and sent overseas.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms and officials took a breath.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
On Wednesday, the Jets practiced on what appeared to be a makeshift field culled together for the Browns last week, surrounded by trees and not much else.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for culled
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Information technology company Provalus has selected Harrison as the location for its newest facility.—
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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Beyond acting, Maki is an advocate for representation of diverse voices in Hollywood and was selected for the Gold House A100 List of most impactful leaders in the Asian community in 2021.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Lecholop acknowledged that the key feature of the process is removing a board elected by the community and replacing it with one hand-picked by Morath.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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In a surprising turn of events, Grande picked an audience member to perform opposite with, instead of her usual scene partner Erivo as Elphaba.—
Haley Kluge,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Culled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culled. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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