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as in straining
to pass through a filter
steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves
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as in clarifying
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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Recent Examples of filtering
Anthropic, citing both legal obligation and the technical impossibility of filtering users by nationality in real time, shut both models down globally despite their value.
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Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Your lymphatic system has been running quietly in the background your whole life, filtering waste, shuttling immune cells and moving fluid that your circulatory system leaves behind.
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Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
When lymphatic clearance slows, so does the system responsible for filtering metabolic waste from neural tissue.
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Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
Like the living room, the bedroom is painted the same flat white but the quality of the eastern light filtering into the bedroom casts a buttery glow.
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Marissa Gluck,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Snag the skin-filtering makeup hack on major sale for just $19 on Amazon.
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Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
The culmination of the event saw people filtering into the shore to create a circle of colorful surfboards dotted with flowers to toss into the ocean to honor ancestors, invoke healing and celebrate the relationship between Black people and the ocean.
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Gabrielle Gillette,
Mercury News,
23 June 2026
This behavioral profile becomes a roadmap for either serving your interests—finding genuine savings and filtering out manipulative offers—or exploiting your patterns for maximum extraction.
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Ravi Dhar,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Eagle-eyed shoppers will start to notice sections of Bed Bath & Beyond filtering into nearly 100 The Container Store locations across the country.
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Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
23 June 2026
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Your lymphatic system has been running quietly in the background your whole life, filtering waste, shuttling immune cells and moving fluid that your circulatory system leaves behind.
—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
When lymphatic clearance slows, so does the system responsible for filtering metabolic waste from neural tissue.
—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
Like the living room, the bedroom is painted the same flat white but the quality of the eastern light filtering into the bedroom casts a buttery glow.
—
Marissa Gluck,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Snag the skin-filtering makeup hack on major sale for just $19 on Amazon.
—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
The culmination of the event saw people filtering into the shore to create a circle of colorful surfboards dotted with flowers to toss into the ocean to honor ancestors, invoke healing and celebrate the relationship between Black people and the ocean.
—
Gabrielle Gillette,
Mercury News,
23 June 2026
This behavioral profile becomes a roadmap for either serving your interests—finding genuine savings and filtering out manipulative offers—or exploiting your patterns for maximum extraction.
—
Ravi Dhar,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Eagle-eyed shoppers will start to notice sections of Bed Bath & Beyond filtering into nearly 100 The Container Store locations across the country.
—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filtering
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Significant concerns also surround the program's temporary nature and its substantial potential cost, with CBO estimates reaching billions annually, potentially straining government healthcare funds.
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Fatigue from straining to hear throughout the day is another signal that often goes unrecognized.
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German courts are clarifying a gray area in the 2024 cannabis reform regarding the legal status of cannabis cuttings.
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After Micah’s birth, Lauryn posted a statement on X clarifying that Rohan was not her newborn's father.
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In this context, when screening healthy asymptomatic people who aren’t at high risk, the chance at an ideal screening result of identifying abnormal tissue that can be eliminated is very low.
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Stockard Channing stops for a pic at a Lorraine TV show screening in London on June 30.
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Cisco has built and is refining an AI tool for investor relations that analyzes its financial history alongside competitors’ earnings calls and can anticipate likely questions from specific analysts.
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But after auditioning for the choir at LaGuardia High School — a public arts high school famed for refining the talents of stars like Timothée Chalamet, Nicki Minaj and Liza Minnelli — Selines set off on a different journey.
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An 11-year-old named Ashton built a viral bin-cleaning business by simply addressing a local need.
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To incorporate dryer sheets into your oven rack-cleaning, line a layer of dryer sheets on top of your old towel in the bottom of the bathtub, add the rack(s), and cover the rack(s) with more dryer sheets.
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The government is also extracting data from devices that law enforcement recently seized, Winik added.
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The organizations extracting the most value have redesigned workflows around what AI makes possible.
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After fining Coupang in June over a massive 2025 data breach, South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission said the personal information of more than 37 million people had been exposed, including 33 million Coupang customers.
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The idea of taxing, fining or otherwise demanding revenue from companies whose employees qualify for Medicaid is being debated in several states.
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Add the sheets to the dryer immediately after washing to prevent mildew—don't let damp sheets sit in the machine.
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After the father left the family, Nan Blyth supported herself and two daughters by washing clothes and working in beauty parlors.
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“Filtering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filtering. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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