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present participle of winnow
Synonyms & Antonyms of winnowing
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 winnowing
- abbreviating,
- abridging,
- clipping,
- cropping,
- curtailing,
- cutting,
- cutting back,
- cutting down,
- docking,
- nicking,
- paring,
- pruning,
- retrenching,
- shortening,
- slashing,
- trimming,
- truncating,
- whittling (down)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for winnowing
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“Winnowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winnowing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2022.
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