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Recent Examples of sift
In the past, hackers had to purchase or download entire databases of credentials and sift through them themselves to find specific people.
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Alan Henry,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
To make them, sift together 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon salt, and 2 tablespoons sugar in a large bowl.
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Carole Kotkin,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
No longer in the mode of hoarding futures and accumulating options, General Manager Pat Verbeek and his staff will now need to sift through their stockpile.
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Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
If baking powder or cream of tartar appears lumpy, sift it through a fine-mesh sieve.
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Emily Teel,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for sift
Alan Henry,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
To make them, sift together 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon salt, and 2 tablespoons sugar in a large bowl.
—
Carole Kotkin,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
No longer in the mode of hoarding futures and accumulating options, General Manager Pat Verbeek and his staff will now need to sift through their stockpile.
—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
If baking powder or cream of tartar appears lumpy, sift it through a fine-mesh sieve.
—
Emily Teel,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for sift
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sift
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Diseases that damage the kidneys and impair their ability to filter blood were blamed for 55,081 deaths in 2024.
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Afternoon sun floods through the windows, filtered by gauzy curtains.
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The restaurant received a score of 68 and has since been re-inspected and cleared to open.
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The Venezuelan College of Engineers (CIV) has launched emergency training sessions for engineers, architects and technical specialists who will inspect damaged structures and determine whether they can be repaired or must be demolished.
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After sufficient brewing time, pour the tea into the pitcher through a fine mesh filter or sieve to remove the loose leaves or take out and throw out the whole tea bags.
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Traitors is about the gullible and the skeptical working together to sieve the fraudulent from the truthful, an amalgamated nightmare of village idiots locking themselves in the stocks and pelting each other with rotten fruit.
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Counties investigate these cases, and officials acknowledge that fraud exists, but neither the state nor local property appraisers publish verifiable statewide fraud statistics.
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The incident, which authorities are investigating, occurred 30 nautical miles (around 55 kilometers) southwest of Yemen’s Red Sea port of Al Hudaydah, UKMTO said.
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Female Mexican fruit flies lay thousands of eggs in their lifetime.
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Roberts didn’t use Ryan’s name in laying this out Sunday.
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Link to earlier discovery The new findings come less than a year after Perseverance examined a rock called Cheyava Falls, which scientists described as one of the most intriguing samples collected on Mars.
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Take a couple of minutes to examine one testicle at a time.
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Other schools opted to use the grant funds to upgrade their visitor management platforms, which screens guests who enter the buildings.
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Riders are screened before competitions and anyone considered too inexperienced is denied entry.
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“Sift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sift. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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