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But it was not until the last few weeks that McCain winnowed his list to five or six finalists.

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But it was not until the last few weeks that McCain winnowed his list to five or six finalists.

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But it was not until the last few weeks that McCain winnowed his list to five or six finalists.

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They try them, as silver in the furnace is refined from its dross; they purge them, as wheat in the barn is winnowed from the chaff; and they make them white, as cloth by the fuller is cleared from its spots.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

At what point do we see this really huge field kind of winnowed down to a handful of serious contenders, do you think?

CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2007 2007

Not allowing the field to be kind of winnowed down to one or two people that everyone can get behind?

CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2004 2004

"winnowed" as the opening of the beautiful and passionate soliloquy of

Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various

They winnowed it down, separating essentials from wish lists, then Gail and Stu summarized them in a memo to me.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

They winnowed it down, separating essentials from wish lists, then Gail and Stu summarized them in a memo to me.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

They winnowed it down, separating essentials from wish lists, then Gail and Stu summarized them in a memo to me.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010