weed out

phrasal verb

weeded out; weeding out; weeds out

: to remove (people or things that are not wanted) from a group

They will review the applications to weed out the less qualified candidates.

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Then, over the next 100 generations, most Neanderthal DNA got weeded out — but not all. —

Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024 But later that year President Ronald Reagan signed the legislation into law, after the bill was reintroduced by Representative Katie Hall, of Indiana—also a member of A.K.A. Greek organizations have a long history of using hazing rituals to weed out recruits. —

Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 Sophisticated algorithms weed out buzzing insects but alert the driver to dogs or children left behind. —

Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024 Another pillar of Kennedy's agenda is to weed out the corruption of the public health agencies by industry. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for weed out