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Culling

7 lettersverbmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

The act of selecting and removing inferior or surplus members from a group, particularly animals, to control numbers or improve quality.

The farmer spent the morning culling the weakest lambs from the flock.

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selectingweeding outthinningpruning

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Double L in the middle, starts with CUL and ends in ING

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Double L helps, CULLING hooks to CULLINGS, solid scoring word

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