Winnowed

The former president – who has reportedly winnowed down his VP list to just a handful – needs somebody who can step into the Oval Office right away and be acceptable to the MAGA base.

The once-teeming applicant pool has been winnowed down to two: Kristen Hosey and James Rivard.

They winnowed it down.

It is hard to restore fullness to a story that was so cruelly and consistently winnowed out of it, and Phillips struggles to reconstruct the three lives lost and track the hundreds of refugees who were displaced.

And while the number of candidates appearing on the debate stage has been winnowed down to just 10, some 2020 presidential candidates’ lights are shining just a little brighter than others when it comes to piquing voters’ interest.

Children who succeed in the academic round for high school entry, most of whom are aged 10-12, are winnowed by each school to a handful of candidates.

My taste in letters was winnowed and purged, for the spirit of the veld is an austere thing.

Last Thursday, it was announced that Amazon had winnowed down its candidates for hosting their second headquarters from 238 to a final 20, with the Boston Metro area – which includes Somerville – making the cut.

This comes from a potential new neighbor, Amazon, which winnowed down a list of new headquarters sites last week from over 200 to just 20, including three in the D.C. area.

When rice is harvested, threshed, and winnowed by hand, it used to be that a good portion of it would be lost, either in the fields or during the hulling & winnowing process.

They then winnowed the grain/chaff mixture.