Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sifting
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Supports Liver Health Coffee can help protect the liver, the body’s filtering organ.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Forced to turn his pledge into a lie, his dramatic solution was to impose filtering equally on everyone.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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These traits make biodrones suitable for inspecting pipelines, surveying industrial zones, monitoring power lines, or supporting search and rescue missions in hard-to-reach locations.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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Another clip shows Richardson firefighters inspecting the drone at the scene.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The first public notice of it came shortly before noon Monday — more than eight hours after the deadly encounter — when the California Attorney General’s Office issued a press release announcing that the state’s Department of Justice was investigating the incident under Assembly Bill 1506.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Gabbard is investigating the 2020 election results, according to the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, which each cited anonymous sources familiar with the matter.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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In it, Epstein’s assistant told her boss that Karp wanted to bring his daughter along to an Allen film screening that Epstein was inviting people to.—
Tom Schoenberg,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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As first reported by The Oregonian, and then nationally spotted by The Daily Beast, an Oregon theater long known for finding creatively witty ways to advertise its movies was asked by Amazon to stop screening Melania.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Brands are recognising that these are new interfaces within which consumers who are researching for goods and services might eventually want to fulfil the whole, end-to-end buying journey.—
Simon James,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Metellus was the choice of members of the presidential council to replace Fils-Aimé as prime minister, straining relations between the two men.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
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The fall of el-Fasher in October 2025 to the Rapid Support Forces set off an exodus of people to nearby towns, straining the resources of neighboring communities and driving up food insecurity rates, the report said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Not even scientists who have dedicated their life to studying chemistry can totally pin down its essence.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Troublingly, many of the early psychologists and educators who took the lead on studying and developing curricula for these children were steeped in eugenics, including the belief in intelligence as hereditary, race- and class-dependent, and largely fixed.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Sifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sifting. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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