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  1. winnow, winnowing, siftingnoun

    the act of separating grain from chaff

    "the winnowing was done by women"

    Synonyms:
    sifting, winnow

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  1. Ray Tweedie:

    I think there will be a massive winnowing down of the field come Wednesday morning.

  2. An Interior Department official:

    This is a multi-step process that is traditionally a winnowing process.


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