as in discards
something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others
the unbruised apples will be packed in bags, and the culls will be used for cider
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as in selects
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings
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Recent Examples of culls
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Officials have adopted a road map for bear population management that calls for systematic culls.
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ABC News,
9 June 2026
Meanwhile, resistance to AI applications is growing in the world’s second-largest economy as worker fears of mass job culls rise.
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Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
This bass species had the genes for a range of survival strategies before the culls started, Zarri says.
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Martin J. Kernan,
Scientific American,
26 Sep. 2025
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Fundrise culls its data from both public records and private databases.
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Diana Olick,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2026
The creative documentary filmmaker, a former Berkeley resident, culls together photos, home movies, songs and more to relate writer Andri Snær Magnason’s grieving process over the loss of relatives and a once-majestic glacier that is no more due to climate change.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
The 19-piece collection culls inspiration from American collegiate themes like plaid, rugby stripes and other sport motifs.
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Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Nov. 2025
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The same strain has forced record culls and pushed up egg prices across North America and Europe, and Australian flocks have no exposure to it.
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John Drake,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Officials have adopted a road map for bear population management that calls for systematic culls.
—
ABC News,
9 June 2026
Meanwhile, resistance to AI applications is growing in the world’s second-largest economy as worker fears of mass job culls rise.
—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
This bass species had the genes for a range of survival strategies before the culls started, Zarri says.
—
Martin J. Kernan,
Scientific American,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
The model, which does not source without permission, culls mountains of data about the natural world from partners including the Smithsonian, London’s Natural History Museum and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Fundrise culls its data from both public records and private databases.
—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2026
The creative documentary filmmaker, a former Berkeley resident, culls together photos, home movies, songs and more to relate writer Andri Snær Magnason’s grieving process over the loss of relatives and a once-majestic glacier that is no more due to climate change.
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
The 19-piece collection culls inspiration from American collegiate themes like plaid, rugby stripes and other sport motifs.
—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for culls
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Tracking discards, reading opponents, weighing probabilities and managing your own hand all happen at once, every turn.
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Le Zotte reports that by the 1970s, more than 10 million garage sales were taking place in the United States every year, and people were paying more than $1 billion (cumulatively) for their neighbors’ discards.
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These are not spontaneous, however, and there is a detailed process that has gone into determining what tracks are played, who selects them, and how often they will be heard.
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Rather than celebrating grape varieties for their own sake, each Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) selects the varieties best suited to its climate, soils and history.
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But the spec sheet is the price of entry, not the reason anyone chooses you.
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So Josie chooses Klara, despite the latter being an older model.
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New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.
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And with all the trades Peterson has pulled off in his tenure at the helm, the Hornets boast a treasure trove of draft picks just over the next five years alone.
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“Culls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culls. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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