winnow

The list was winnowed to 45 and then to 11.

That list was winnowed to seven, and now to three.

"This administration is going to have to winnow them down."

The number of plays was winnowed down to 150, then 45, finally to 15.

I winnowed my writings, and still there were too many.

Further, in the last five years, many of the weaker companies have been winnowed out.

He winnowed the candidates down to 100 for phone interviews.

Harris would be "winnowed out" just over a month later.

She winnowed this group down to three, each of whom had left home during a different decade.

The idea was to winnow the field of contenders, and it worked.

He had several ideas; time, then, to winnow them and see what remained.

That made it difficult for a critic to winnow a list of high points to 10.

Those are winnowed thoroughly by the intelligence community, every single one.

And for many reasons, that short list can be winnowed even further, to just three banks, in fact.

A long tongue of red flame winnowed out over the street.

Blade tried to follow it all, trying to winnow something that would help him.

From that they winnowed the list down to the dozen who will actually perform.

"How the hell can we winnow that down to something manageable?"

That should yield a number of responses not too large, which could then be winnowed further.

Possibly after Florida, the race might be winnowed down to three candidates.

At the trial just concluded, prosecutors winnowed their case to three weeks from four.

We'll keep talking to all clubs and winnow things down in the next 7 to 10 days."

The list, while greatly winnowed down, is far larger than usual.

And the 40 elderly people served earlier this year will be winnowed down to 25 by June.

Again the problem is to winnow these down to manageable proportions.