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Recent Examples of sieve
Cook the noodles according to package instructions, then transfer with tongs to a colander or sieve in the sink.
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The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
In its purest version, the egg whites and yokes are sieved or finely chopped separately.
—Georgeanne Brennan, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Our students have spent hundreds of hours focusing on the fossils retrieved after sieving.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
But to the surprise of the researchers, not only did the 2-D membranes sieve out the deuterons, but the separation was also accomplished with a high degree of efficiency.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Jan. 2016
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The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
In its purest version, the egg whites and yokes are sieved or finely chopped separately.
—Georgeanne Brennan, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Our students have spent hundreds of hours focusing on the fossils retrieved after sieving.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
But to the surprise of the researchers, not only did the 2-D membranes sieve out the deuterons, but the separation was also accomplished with a high degree of efficiency.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Jan. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sieve
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Prospective umpires get filtered into the minor leagues from there.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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The chip first filters out irrelevant visual data and identifies only key changes in a scene.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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There are finally clues to sift through, and everyone hopes that answers are coming soon and that hopefully Nancy can be recovered alive and well.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
13 Feb. 2026
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And thanks to a wildlife camera and an ecologist willing to sift through more than 100 hours of footage, the world gets to witness one of those steps for itself.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Security screening delays and longer airport lines could intensify during spring break as unpaid screeners face financial pressure to skip work or call out sick.—
Rio Yamat,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Transportation Security Administration officers, who screen passengers at airports, will work without pay.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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Essential goods strain meager household budgets, with consumers paying around 363 Pakistani rupees for a dozen eggs or 2,186 Pakistan rupees for a kilogram of wheat flour, according to economic data firm CEIC Data, citing 2025 figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.—
Sana Noor Haq,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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This affordable probiotic has one of the most common types of beneficial bacteria strains to help balance the gut.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Sieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieve. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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