shakeout
IPA: ʃˈeɪkaʊt
noun
- An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
- (engineering) The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.
- The shaking of an object to spread it wide and eject any debris.
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Examples of "shakeout" in Sentences
- Let readers decide the final shakeout.
- Compaq survived the shakeout by emphasizing quality, high end PCs.
- This is looking a lot like the LCMS shakeout of the early 2000s, still.
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