Synonyms of culling

culling

verb

present participle of cull

as in selecting

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities

culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selecting
• choosing
• picking
• taking
• naming
• electing
• tagging
• preferring
• handpicking
• cherry-picking
• designating
• singling (out)
• opting (for)
• nominating
• adopting
• appointing
• tapping
• accepting
• marking
• preselecting
• setting
• embracing
• fixing
• tabbing
• settling (on or upon)
• espousing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• declining
• refusing
• rejecting
• turning down
• discarding
• disapproving
• repudiating
• throwing away
• throwing out
• spurning
• negativing
• jettisoning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of culling

Many turkey and egg producers do want to vaccinate their birds (tens of millions of turkeys have also died due to H5N1 and resulting culling since 2022), and there are several vaccines that the USDA has deemed safe and effective. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 20 Oct. 2026

Those who support the baboons being removed say the only serious alternative is culling. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026

Instead of that toy-purging approach, encourage your kids to participate in the culling process. — Stephanie Ganz, Parents, 2 Oct. 2026

The past five years were a culling season of sorts for the Prada Group. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

Still, Martin and other experts emphasized that old books are thrown away—and subsequently destroyed—all the time, even for non-academic reasons, by libraries that are simply culling their collections. — Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

But with female crabs able to produce up to 8 million eggs every season, culling barely dented their numbers. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

The agency has dealt with homeowners illegally culling trees to improve their views in the past, but those are dwarfed by the scale of these poisonings, Cowen said. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

That situation makes the roster culling an emotional topic for those whose list status has been questioned. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026