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Synonyms & Antonyms of winnow
to remove less desirable choices from a group or list
- They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.
- I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price.
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The first known use of winnow was before the 12th century
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