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past tense of winnow
Synonyms & Antonyms of winnowed
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.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for winnowed
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- clipped,
- cropped,
- curtailed,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- docked,
- nicked,
- pared,
- pruned,
- retrenched,
- shortened,
- slashed,
- trimmed,
- truncated,
- whittled (down)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for winnowed
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“Winnowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winnowed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2022.
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