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as in to inspect
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Recent Examples of sift
Nearly 1,950 years later, archaeologists are still sifting through the layers of debris and making remarkable discoveries about life—and death—in the ancient city.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Maybe that's summarizing risk in a vendor questionnaire, helping a SOC analyst understand a behavioral anomaly without sifting through dozens of logs or just writing clearer access review summaries.
—Varsha Agarwal, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Jurors previously heard from the leader of the search team that sifted through the snow using rakes and brooms to find the evidence.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Previously, a human team would have had to sift through Walgreens' rich network of store, pharmacy and health care transactions to identify patient insights that could be relevant for clinical trials.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Maybe that's summarizing risk in a vendor questionnaire, helping a SOC analyst understand a behavioral anomaly without sifting through dozens of logs or just writing clearer access review summaries.
—Varsha Agarwal, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Jurors previously heard from the leader of the search team that sifted through the snow using rakes and brooms to find the evidence.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Previously, a human team would have had to sift through Walgreens' rich network of store, pharmacy and health care transactions to identify patient insights that could be relevant for clinical trials.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sift
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Aged at least four years and non-chill filtered, this Kentucky gem packs a rich caramel sweetness balanced by a spicy rye kick.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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The band filtered out of the dressing room; Sly came last, picking up his knees like a drum majorette and grinning a steely grin.—
Timothy Crouse,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2025
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Under requirements laid out by Congress, the FDA is required to inspect food facilities at specific intervals, benchmarks that government watchdogs have long faulted the agency for falling short of.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
6 June 2025
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In its purest version, the egg whites and yokes are sieved or finely chopped separately.—
Georgeanne Brennan,
Mercury News,
5 June 2025
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Later, Meghan scrapes the honey off the hive frame, clearly in awe of the whole process, and sieves it to get rid of the honeycomb.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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In one study of over 12,000 adults, researchers investigated whether genetics influences the link between vegetable intake and weight or obesity.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
3 June 2025
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No one is in custody, and detectives are investigating, according to police, who did not give a motive for the shooting.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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The researchers also examined more than 2,700 genomes of modern plague samples from Asia, Africa, and North and South America.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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The researchers examined data from the U.S. Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network between 2004 and 2022.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
2 June 2025
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These access barriers create downstream issues that sponsors know all too well: missed screening windows, delayed enrollment and early dropouts.—
Sonali Bloom,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Narrated by Liev Schrieber, The Last Twins starts screening on June 6 at the Quad Cinema in Manhattan.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
6 June 2025
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“Sift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sift. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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