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: the act or process of sifting
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Weeks of planning — following weeks of sifting — led a woman to an unforgettable find at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas.
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Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
A lot of the sifting involves pressing triggers to cycle through sub-menus within a specific screen and toggling between characters within those sub-menus.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Routine tasks, data sifting and compliance checks will increasingly fall to intelligent agents, freeing up human experts to focus on creativity, strategy and trust-building.
—Dhivya Nagasubramanian, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Ng and her colleagues worked in ten-centimetre increments, digging and sifting.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
A lot of the sifting involves pressing triggers to cycle through sub-menus within a specific screen and toggling between characters within those sub-menus.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Routine tasks, data sifting and compliance checks will increasingly fall to intelligent agents, freeing up human experts to focus on creativity, strategy and trust-building.
—Dhivya Nagasubramanian, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Ng and her colleagues worked in ten-centimetre increments, digging and sifting.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Sifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sifting. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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