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

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

The country does currently have a shark culling program, but some are calling for the program’s expansion in light of recent attacks. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 14 July 2026

So what else can be lost alongside the military culling diversity from its ranks? — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Germany banned chick culling back in 2022, even before commercially viable in-ovo sexing machines existed. — Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026