Synonyms of culls

culls 1 of 2

noun

plural of cull

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discards
• seconds
• rejects
• rejections
• rubbish
• trash
• wastes
• scraps
• throwaways
• castaways
• white elephants
• hand-me-downs

culls

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cull

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selects
• chooses
• picks
• takes
• elects
• prefers
• names
• handpicks
• cherry-picks
• tags
• designates
• singles (out)
• opts (for)
• nominates
• taps
• adopts
• accepts
• appoints
• marks
• tabs
• preselects
• embraces
• sets
• espouses
• fixes
• settles (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejects
• refuses
• declines
• turns down
• disapproves
• repudiates
• discards
• spurns
• negatives
• throws away
• throws out
• jettisons

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of culls

Noun

Even the World Organization for Animal Health, whose guidelines the CFIA follows, is reconsidering how effective culls are in halting bird-flu outbreaks in a world where the next wild duck to land at a farm could trigger another one. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

In a letter to Defence Minister Luke Pollard this week, 18 MPs and one member of the House of Lords urged the government to stop using bear pelts sourced from legal culls in Canada and instead adopt faux-fur alternatives. — James Frater, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

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. — 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 fastest-growing area is a cluster of skills involving AI agents, according to Draup, which culls data from public job posts and platforms including LinkedIn. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 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