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as in to clarify
to remove usually visible impurities from
after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again
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as in purifier
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Recent Examples of filter
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Cooler air will filter in from the west as the system pushes east.
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Kansas City Star,
26 June 2026
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 June 2026
Then use the filter to pour the tea into a pitcher and refrigerate.
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Mercury News,
19 June 2026
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Verb
The plume typically creates a milky or filtered look to the sky during the day while enhancing reds and oranges at sunrise and sunset.
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Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Cooler air will filter in from the west as the system pushes east.
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Kansas City Star,
26 June 2026
Noun
Another photo was overlaid with a Black Lives Matter filter in remembrance of Atatiana Jefferson, the Black woman who was fatally shot by a Fort Worth police officer in 2019.
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Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 June 2026
Then use the filter to pour the tea into a pitcher and refrigerate.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filter
Verb
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The inconsistency in messaging raises further doubts that negotiators can meet their 60-day deadline after the two sides traded attacks over the weekend, straining their already fragile ceasefire.
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Meanwhile the servers strain under the weight of AI companies scraping the encyclopedia in bulk, on a roughly $180 million annual budget funded mostly by donations of between two and eleven dollars.
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In addition to clarifying one claim, NYT also agreed to voluntarily dismiss two claims of contributory copyright infringement and trademark dilution against all defendants.
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Rich Bornstein, founder of Bornstein Media, helps leaders clarify their story before the camera turns on.
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If your home's air feels dusty or less than fresh, check out this air purifier that more than 3,000 shoppers picked up in the past month.
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Don’t let smoke, dust or pet dander wreak havoc in your home with this smart air purifier.
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Participants will be high school students aged 14 to 17 who will have to advance through application and screening processes to be selected, resulting in one male athlete and one female athlete from each state or territory competing.
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Breeders typically screen over 10,000 offspring to find just one that is better than both parents.
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Across 35 years of international expansion, TAB has continued refining its advisory architecture to reflect evolving leadership pressures.
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Ryan Stephan, acting director of cargo landers for the Moon Base program, said the faster mission cadence will help NASA refine its operations.
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One began in March after the department received an anonymous complaint about a valve on an aqua ammonia clarifier tank, not the same tank involved in the explosion, the department said.
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Death is not a glitch, but a clarifier.
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Once sufficient displays of submission had been extracted, would the bankrollers of the civic-education movement redirect their largesse back toward places like that?
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Those contracts call for Next Hydrogen to design and deliver an electrolyzer that extracts tritium from heavy water, a critical process for preparing fuel used in future fusion reactors.
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So far, outside of Vulcan, a small number of other companies have been selected, including Korea Zinc, a metal refiner; MP Materials, a Nevada rare-earth mining company; and ReElement Technologies, an Indiana producer of rare-earth elements and battery metals that partners with Vulcan.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, Castro sought a replacement savior closer to home in a 1994 deal with Sherritt International, a Canadian nickel and cobalt miner and refiner.
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“Filter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filter. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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