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Cull out   /kəl aʊt/   Listen
Cull out

verb
1.
Select desirable parts from a group or list.  Synonym: winnow.  "Winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"






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"Cull out" Quotes from Famous Books



... resolutions they are generally to be employed and intrusted. Thus the design is accomplished. But, (17) These men do not satisfy themselves with some degree of power, but endeavour to engross the whole power of the kingdom into their own hands, and study to bring into contempt, and cull out these who have been and do continue constant in the cause of God. (18) That having power into their hands, they must act according to their own principles and for establishing their own ends. And lastly, That these ...
— The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning • Hugh Binning

... morning that I awoke to find Kennedy already up and gone from our apartment. I knew he must be at the laboratory, and, gathering the mail, which the postman had just slipped through the letter slot, I went over to the University to see him. As I looked over the letters to cull out my own, one in a woman's handwriting on attractive notepaper addressed to him ...
— The Exploits of Elaine • Arthur B. Reeve

... to make the same universallie knowen to the world; that by honouring you they might know me, and by knowing me they might honor you. Vouchsafe, noble Lady, to accept this simple remembrance, though not worthy of your self, yet such as perhaps by good acceptance thereof ye may hereafter cull out a more meet and memorable evidence of your own excellent deserts. So recommending the same to your Ladiships good liking, I ...
— The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 • Edmund Spenser



Words linked to "Cull out" :   choose, select, take, pick out



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