Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Anything selected or separated from a mass, as being of a poorer quality or inferior size: generally in the plural.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one who culls.
- noun Anything separated or selected from a mass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
cull . - noun The act of
culling ; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal. - noun Anything separated or selected from a mass.
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Examples
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Well, we have to keep executing same game plan which we have in place today, which is to continue to focus on our operational efficiencies, continue to focus on pricing improvements and then not and I don't want to use the word culling, but continue to work on our network balance and making sure we are putting freight in the right lanes and perhaps taking some freight out of some lanes where we have some balance situations.
unknown title 2011
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In what the Service is calling a "clarification" of its release, the NPS said it doesn't intend to impose a lead ban on hunters and anglers by 2010, only upon its staff members in culling operations.
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In 2009, we will transition to non-lead ammunition in culling operations and dispatching sick or wounded animals.
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I know not the science of these things but I wonder how much of the budget of the IAH has been applied to improving the detection of and rapid diagnosis of FMD and by rapid I mean such rapid diagnosis that means many more herds can be saved before the nihilistic step of culling is taken.
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I know not the science of these things but I wonder how much of the budget of the IAH has been applied to improving the detection of and rapid diagnosis of FMD and by rapid I mean such rapid diagnosis that means many more herds can be saved before the nihilistic step of culling is taken.
Archive 2007-08-05 2007
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For the record: after the Horn Book has finished with its reviews, and the publishing season has passed, we cherry-pick titles to keep in our collection (everything reviewed in the Magazine and a culling from the Guide), give some away, make "creative art" projects out of others, consign some to a Wall of Shame, and sell the rest as a lot to a used-book wholesaler.
Archive 2007-03-01 Roger Sutton 2007
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For the record: after the Horn Book has finished with its reviews, and the publishing season has passed, we cherry-pick titles to keep in our collection (everything reviewed in the Magazine and a culling from the Guide), give some away, make "creative art" projects out of others, consign some to a Wall of Shame, and sell the rest as a lot to a used-book wholesaler.
Maybe they do things differently down under Roger Sutton 2007
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Long-term culling for charcoal and uncommon forest products causes progressive damage.
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And by the way, who is going to be the official cull-er of choice, and what guarantees do you have that those officials will make the same decisions as you in culling choice?
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And by the way, who is going to be the official cull-er of choice, and what guarantees do you have that those officials will make the same decisions as you in culling choice?
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