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as in straining
to pass through a filter
steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves
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as in clarifying
to remove usually visible impurities from
after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again
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Recent Examples of filtering
The pro game has a way of filtering out two-way players with haste.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
These organs are divided into hundreds of tiny filtering units that help expel a ton of salt.
—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2026
Light-filtering curtains occupy that sweet spot.
—Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
For water-filtering oysters, a keystone species in marine habitats, concrete seawalls — the standard in South Florida for more than a century — can provide some of that texture.
—Nathan Rott, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
The following day, the atmosphere was considerably quieter, with a smaller crowd filtering through the taproom.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 15 Mar. 2026
That means, depending on the particular lake, the water might be filtering through limestone underground before emerging, or the bottom of the lake might be mostly limestone, not squishy mud.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
The tour uses Signify Group’s Threat Matrix service, which is designed to help protect players on social media by detecting and filtering out abusive messages through a combination of AI and human analysts.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
This symbiotic pairing allowed the plants to efficiently absorb essential nutrients while simultaneously filtering out toxic heavy metals.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
These organs are divided into hundreds of tiny filtering units that help expel a ton of salt.
—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2026
Light-filtering curtains occupy that sweet spot.
—Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
For water-filtering oysters, a keystone species in marine habitats, concrete seawalls — the standard in South Florida for more than a century — can provide some of that texture.
—Nathan Rott, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
The following day, the atmosphere was considerably quieter, with a smaller crowd filtering through the taproom.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 15 Mar. 2026
That means, depending on the particular lake, the water might be filtering through limestone underground before emerging, or the bottom of the lake might be mostly limestone, not squishy mud.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
The tour uses Signify Group’s Threat Matrix service, which is designed to help protect players on social media by detecting and filtering out abusive messages through a combination of AI and human analysts.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
This symbiotic pairing allowed the plants to efficiently absorb essential nutrients while simultaneously filtering out toxic heavy metals.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filtering
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All stones start out as crystals that grow or coalesce in the bladder leading to urinary problems manifested in different ways such as straining to urinate, inability to urinate, bloody urination, inappropriate voiding, and more.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Flores said the rising cost of fuel is straining his budget.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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And by the subsequent extensive visit at Massachusetts General, where her father saw 14 doctors in three days, something clarifying happened and changed her perspective.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2026
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Board members voted unanimously to update the terms of the negotiating agreement during the March 10 meeting, mainly clarifying deadlines for site studies and other analysis, but with no assurance that the city’s November deadline will be met.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Because of his experience, Cheatem raises awareness about screening through his social media and everyday conversations, working to challenge the perception that colorectal cancer only affects older adults.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Then there was a Prime Early access screening on Monday in PLFs and Imax.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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The ship’s builder, Chantiers de l’Atlantique, first introduced the concept for a modern sailing cruise ship, known as Eoseas, in 2009 and has since continued refining the design for large passenger vessels.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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Outside of Oviedo’s results, Early is likely to join Payton Tolle in the Triple-A rotation to continue refining his pitches and increasing his efficiency to get deeper into games.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The best lens cleaning services If your lens has persistent smudges, fungus on the inside of the lens or internal dust, professional cleaning may be necessary.—
Jacob Little,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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When cleaning protocols break down, those germs can spread rapidly in close quarters.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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This means that even if a fault-tolerant quantum computer becomes available, QPE could still struggle with large molecules because the chance of successfully extracting the correct energy becomes vanishingly small.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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And there’s something offensively tawdry that all of this is in mere service of extracting rent.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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The regulator has far-reaching powers and could do anything from fining the company to removing executives to forcing a sale of the entire operation.—
Scott Pham,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The city has been fining him ever since.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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An employee shifted from cleaning floors to handling a container of food without washing hands.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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To save them, remove the mold by washing them thoroughly with water to remove surface fungi, then spray them with a diluted solution of hydrogen peroxide (1 part hydrogen peroxide to 2 parts water).—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Filtering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filtering. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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