as in winnowed (out)
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Adjective
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Pavel Mintyukov then sent the puck to Mikael Granlund, who backhanded a pass to Carlson for a one-timer that got past a screened Askarov for a 2-0 Ducks lead.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026 -
After establishing position at the net front, Guentzel tipped a shot from the top of the zone by Charle-Edouard D’Astous over the glove of the screened Lankinen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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According to a California audit last month which analyzed open network traffic across more than 7,600 popular websites scanned from California, over half (55%) of sites set advertising cookies even after users explicitly rejected them.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Once in a while, black flats compress the space, framing a single character’s face, bathed in a bleaching white light, as if their vulnerabilities were being scanned by an MRI.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
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Vessels docked at the harbor’s roughly 900 slips are inspected at least every three years, Ravitch said.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Event staff inspected bags carried by guests.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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In November, while facing a termination of status, around 6,000 TPS holders from Syria were granted a stay by a federal judge to continue their protections while the courts reviewed the country’s current conditions.—
Dr. Alister Martin,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Melillo says his first contact was with a woman who identified herself as attorney Victoria Hernández, who supposedly reviewed his case.—
Albinson Linares,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
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The bulletin examined nutrition in common foods (especially meat, bread, and milk), explained how the body uses food as fuel, outlined dietary standards, and considered the economy of food, food waste, and connections between food and health.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Innlandet County Municipality Experts at the University of Oslo's Museum of Cultural History examined the coins and said most of them originated in England and Germany, although some came from Denmark and Norway.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Picked over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picked%20over. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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