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culls 1 of 2

noun

plural of cull

as in discards

something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others the unbruised apples will be packed in bags, and the culls will be used for cider

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cull

as in selects

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings

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Even the World Organization for Animal Health, whose guidelines the CFIA follows, is reconsidering how effective culls are in halting bird-flu outbreaks in a world where the next wild duck to land at a farm could trigger another one. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 In a letter to Defence Minister Luke Pollard this week, 18 MPs and one member of the House of Lords urged the government to stop using bear pelts sourced from legal culls in Canada and instead adopt faux-fur alternatives. — James Frater, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 The same strain has forced record culls and pushed up egg prices across North America and Europe, and Australian flocks have no exposure to it. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 Officials have adopted a road map for bear population management that calls for systematic culls. — ABC News, 9 June 2026 Meanwhile, resistance to AI applications is growing in the world’s second-largest economy as worker fears of mass job culls rise. — Semafor Events, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026 This bass species had the genes for a range of survival strategies before the culls started, Zarri says. — Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2025

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The fastest-growing area is a cluster of skills involving AI agents, according to Draup, which culls data from public job posts and platforms including LinkedIn. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 The model, which does not source without permission, culls mountains of data about the natural world from partners including the Smithsonian, London’s Natural History Museum and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 The creative documentary filmmaker, a former Berkeley resident, culls together photos, home movies, songs and more to relate writer Andri Snær Magnason’s grieving process over the loss of relatives and a once-majestic glacier that is no more due to climate change. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026 The 19-piece collection culls inspiration from American collegiate themes like plaid, rugby stripes and other sport motifs. — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Nov. 2025

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And defunct iIndustry supplied artistic entrepreneurs with adaptable real-estate discards, like London’s Bankside Power Station, which evolved into Herzog & de Meuron’s Tate Modern.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
Li has dedicated freezer bags for different dishes, like vegetable scraps for soups or fruit discards for smoothies.

— Emily Siner, NPR, 27 June 2026

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Once a company selects a preferred motor approach, researchers can transition the results into Motor AI to generate detailed design configurations and engineering specifications.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
The Cook Mixer then selects which competitors will step forward and take on the challenge.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of selects

Verb

If the Fed chooses to raise interest rates to tamp todayâ€™s inflation down, capital-intensive renewables will suffer.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Herbert Nordrum chooses the funniest — and, ironically, maybe most British — possible allegory when describing his involvement in Georgia Oakley’s Sense and Sensibility.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of chooses

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The broadcaster and champion of the high street, who transformed the fortunes of Harvey Nichols, picks her favourites.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 16 Oct. 2026
AutoCAM then suggests how to hold the part, picks the tools and generates the machining operations, followed by a material-removal simulation to check the job before any metal is cut.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

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