Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sifting
Verb
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Supporting the best candidates and filtering out the worst is necessary for both the short-term and long-term health of the party and country as a whole.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025 -
By filtering out vibrations and electromagnetic interference, Ironstone Opal maintained accuracy without the recalibration classical systems require.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In video footage of the tragedy obtained by ViralPress, Praphrom could be seen inspecting a collapsed road from a trench opening below, before soil and concrete fell and struck the back of his neck, pinning him to the ground and burying him.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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Researchers inspecting the turbo expander developed for a large-scale, long-duration Liquid Air Energy Storage system.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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The eight-episode thriller, which premieres September 19 on ViX, follows Nolasco Black (Bichir), a forensic dentist investigating brutal murders in 19th century Veracruz who discovers evidence that the infamous London killer has crossed the Atlantic.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Deputies arrested him on burglary charges, the sheriff’s office said, adding detectives are still investigating the circumstances of the shooting.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Coleman, former director of programming and special projects at Nitehawk Cinema, founded FOFIF to amplify the work of first-time female filmmakers through a short-film fund and screening programs from the Museum of Modern Art in New York to Vidiots in Los Angeles.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Dockery first saw the film at a cast screening a few months ago.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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While researching my book, astronomer Geoff Marcy, a co-discoverer of several of the first hot Jupiters, quipped that in 30 years-time his own role in exoplanet hunting would seem obsolete.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Fiscal shocks are straining governments’ ability to act.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Even before this year’s harvest, growing demand was straining matcha supplies.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To create the new surface—which the FDA categorizes differently from other breast implants on the market—Motiva partnered with scientists studying nanotechnology’s role in breast implant surface design at the University of Manchester in England.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Acting was a career shift for Tillman, who was a pre-med student in college studying to be an orthopedic surgeon.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Sifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sifting. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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