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Recent Examples of sieve
To sieve only the sound of a performance is to miss out on a world of visual and atmospheric cues, from body language to lighting to set design, not to mention audience reaction.
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Rhoda Feng, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Our students have spent hundreds of hours focusing on the fossils retrieved after sieving.
—Kristina A. Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2020
Well, this one is based on a Dahl short story from a collection more aimed at adults, and represents an adaptation more faithful to its original than Fox but still sieved through Anderson’s unique visual style.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
The hot mixture is then strained through a cheesecloth or sieve allowing the fruit juice to drip into a pan, leaving the seeds, skins, and solid fruit pieces behind.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
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Rhoda Feng, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Our students have spent hundreds of hours focusing on the fossils retrieved after sieving.
—Kristina A. Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2020
Well, this one is based on a Dahl short story from a collection more aimed at adults, and represents an adaptation more faithful to its original than Fox but still sieved through Anderson’s unique visual style.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
The hot mixture is then strained through a cheesecloth or sieve allowing the fruit juice to drip into a pan, leaving the seeds, skins, and solid fruit pieces behind.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sieve
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Such pavers allow stormwater to be gradually filtered to the lot’s subbase, reducing flooding in the watershed and along the West Branch of the DuPage River, the release said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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And every disappearance is a tragedy for the forest ecosystem and the humans that depend on it to filter their water and air.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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With help from a few contributors, testers, and dermatologists, our editors have sifted through dozens of SPF products, narrowing down which formulas are truly the best for dark skin.—
Danielle Jackson,
Glamour,
25 Apr. 2025
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Investors also sifted through earnings from a packed slate of companies on Wednesday, including AT&T (T), which rose 0.9% after beating Wall Street expectations.—
Kevin Ryan,
Quartz,
23 Apr. 2025
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While in detention at CoreCivic’s Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, Hernandez was screened by Cross and another staffer, Arturo Torres.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The festival will screen 10 works featuring Garfield, eight of which will be projected from 35mm prints.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
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The psychological tension deepens as Elisa and her husband Fred are scrutinized by law enforcement and media, their family strained by mounting secrets.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, Hempstead noted that those who lose coverage due to work requirements would strain hospital systems, as uninsured people seek health care through other means, such as the emergency room or through charity care.—
Danielle J. Brown,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Sieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieve. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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