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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Fulton County has also confirmed that some ballots were scanned multiple times during the recount.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The shelter encouraged people who find stray dogs to make other arrangements to find their owners, such as posting fliers or taking them to a veterinarian to be scanned for a microchip.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Minor damage to the aircraft was observed, airport staff inspected the runway for debris and normal operations were quickly resumed, according to the port authority.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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The boat, now being inspected in the Canary Islands, had left Sierra Leone's capital Freetown for Benghazi in Libya.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The vast majority of the hospital guardianship petitions reviewed for the Tribune’s investigation involved people with little money who were placed with the Office of State Guardian at the hospitals’ expense, rather than under a private guardian or a county public guardian like Golbert.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 May 2026
Verb
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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 5 May. 2026.
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