shakeout

IPA: ʃˈeɪkaʊt

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.

Examples of "shakeout" in Sentences

Let readers decide the final shakeout.
I would classify it as the beginnings of what I call a 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.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Soros sees 'shakeout' downsizing hedge fund world
The industry is going through, I think, a relatively long-term shakeout of capacity here.
Borders is fighting to avoid the kind of shakeout that has happened in other corners of the retailing industry.
David Brooks says that we are in "shakeout" mode in Iraq, and while we're bound to make some mistakes, the overall effort is worth the effort.
Insights 'long-held belief that the companies left standing after the "shakeout" will reap the rewards of increased profitability, is now coming true.
Because of the early "shakeout" action that led to a positive close, we sent an Intraday Trade Alert to subscribers, informing them of our buy entry in IYW, as it moved back above its
But hard-eyed administration officials view the industry as overextended and overbuilt to begin with, arguing in private that it was cruising for a massive "shakeout" even before the terror strikes of Sept. 11.
The solar industry is having to grow up in a very public spotlight and many in the industry say the shakeout is a natural part of an evolving market, and that the falling price of solar panels that is impacting individual solar firms is actually a benefit to the market, and the sector, overall.