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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sieving
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Lines have formed for the bathroom, and protesters are routinely filtering in and out of the store to escape the cold.—
Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Instead of just filtering by age or distance, the system weighs emotional compatibility, conflict styles, and expectations around commitment to suggest a smaller set of matches with higher odds of genuine chemistry.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Stars like Kate Winslet—who narrated the documentary—Judi Dench, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rod Stewart, and Stanley Tucci visited the castle on Wednesday, the first time a film screening like this had ever taken place there.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
29 Jan. 2026
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Personalized cancer screening strategies, lifestyle approaches to mitigate risks, robotic tools for cancer surgery and new advances in clinical trials are among the presentations on the agenda.—
Clayton Freeman,
Florida Times-Union,
29 Jan. 2026
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Hold the bridge 3 to 4 inches off the floor — just high enough to avoid arching or straining your lower back.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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There’s a car chase through the countryside that’s all straining steel and revving engines and a sequence in a London nightclub — every action movie apparently needs one — that shows off close-quarter murder beautifully choreographed as clueless dancers sway.—
Mark Kennedy,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Sieving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieving. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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