filtering

verb

present participle of filter
1
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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2
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 Your liver is responsible for breaking down toxins and filtering them out of the body, essentially detoxifying you from harmful substances and chemicals. — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 22 July 2026 Of course your brain will start aggressively filtering things. — Kelly Samuel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Fans started filtering in at noon on Sunday for a day’s worth of events presented by the anti-poverty group and the City of New York in partnership with iHeartRadio. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 There are 55 teams between MLS and the USL Championship and even more in developmental leagues like MLS Next Pro and USL League One, plus top youth players filtering through MLS teams’ academies. — Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 17 July 2026 The water passes over or through filtering organs that sift out the solid food. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 July 2026 Without daylight filtering into the room, getting out of bed suddenly felt much harder than usual. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026 Then control runs downhill to individual school districts, filtering through local school boards and even principals. — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 This light-filtering curtain can instantly update any living room or bedroom with its vintage toile pattern that strikes the perfect balance between modern and grandmother-approved decor. — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filtering
  1. straining
  2. clarifying
  3. screening
  4. refining
  5. cleaning
  6. extracting
  7. fining
  8. washing
Verb
  • Low river levels are disrupting cargo transport, and water scarcity is straining hydropower-dependent regions.
    — Sanidhya Sharma, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
  • Darling-Hammond described a system straining to keep pace with a changing economy, in which students increasingly move in and out of college and blend academic coursework with hands-on career training.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of straining
Verb
  • Establishing Clear Ground Rules With Reporters The importance of clarifying standards is critical.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • For lawyers working to defend and expand anti-BDS legislation in court, PEN America’s new boycott position is clarifying.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of clarifying
Verb
  • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted its first members screening on Saturday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles, presented in 70mm.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • My Notes on Mars from Hungarian director Lili Horvát (Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time) will open Venice Days, screening in competition.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
Definition of screening
Verb
  • From tailored button-downs to cargo pants and jumpsuits, Aniston proves that repeating versatile basics and refining your personal uniform is the key to mastering quiet luxury style.
    — Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 22 July 2026
  • Finance chiefs spend months refining the narrative, sharpening the metrics, and testing the waters with institutional investors to gauge whether the investment case will hold up once the market opens.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Definition of refining
Verb
  • Over the years, state agencies and local governments have made attempts at cleaning Lake Jesup but none have been enough to turn the tide.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
  • In addition to going after pollutants at the source, cleaning the air is another important step.
    — Dr. Lauren Zajac, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026
Definition of cleaning
Verb
  • They’ve been seen, for example, corralling schools of rays, creating waves to push penguins from ice blocks and extracting the livers of white sharks.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • Previously, extracting valuable data from customer conversations was cumbersome.
    — Anna Convery, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of extracting
Verb
  • 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.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • The idea of taxing, fining or otherwise demanding revenue from companies whose employees qualify for Medicaid is being debated in several states.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026
Definition of fining
Verb
  • As the risk of infection continues, Connecticut residents are urged to continue washing all produce in running water, scrubbing firm fruits and, to be safest, cooking produce to 158 degrees.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
  • Employees also moved from one work station to the next without washing hands and changing gloves.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Definition of washing

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