The same principle can help you winnow down a collection.

Those thousands will be winnowed down to 12 men and women for the start of the trial, which is set to begin February 3.

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.

Winnow down the planners to those who practice as "fee only."

The final list of candidates was winnowed down to 13 contenders.

That list of takeover targets has now been winnowed down to three.

You're able to, like, then, winnow down a huge array based on characteristics.

They said he didn't have the focus and lacked the drive that would be essential as the team gets winnowed down.

The recommended spots have been winnowed down to 20 nominees.

He seeks to wrap them up in confidence even as their numbers are winnowed down.

That was winnowed down to three finalists, who were each given a different problem to solve.

Rather than trying to make computers for everybody, Apple winnowed down its product line and focused on the high end of the market.

It's true that if the programs aren't winnowed down, not much changes apart from the stationery.

So, the producers had to winnow down the material.

But analysts do expect the smart phone field to be winnowed down to two to four winners over the next few years.

It took the judges 10 months and eight meetings to winnow down this year's more than 150 entries.

Budget negotiations have moved slowly in recent weeks, as council members tried to winnow down a long list of spending priorities.

Intuit employees voted for the 20 best, and that field was winnowed down to four.

Once the pool is winnowed down, potential jurors will be questioned individually.

Hopefully we'll be able to winnow down the fighters.

Friday morning, there were 45 semifinalists still in the running, winnowed down from the 288 children who started on Thursday.

Only last week, they assembled a jury pool of 48 people, who will be winnowed down today just before opening statements.

But the old schedule of primaries and caucuses was designed to winnow down the field.

Science and math programs are designed and taught to winnow down the number of students.