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Traitors is about the gullible and the skeptical working together to sieve the fraudulent from the truthful, an amalgamated nightmare of village idiots locking themselves in the stocks and pelting each other with rotten fruit.
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Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
These recordings function like a kind of filter or sieve, retaining one part of us while the rest is allowed to drain away.
—Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 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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Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
These recordings function like a kind of filter or sieve, retaining one part of us while the rest is allowed to drain away.
—Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 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
Verb
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These are often filtered out and simply dumped as waste.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
24 May 2026
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However, the lack of filtering, context, and vetting can cause bad information to go viral.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Verb
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An excavator that had been brought in to sift through the wreckage had reached ground level, meaning that everything above it had been checked.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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In a normal year, casting director Jesse Tannenbaum and his team sift through 25,000 applications, per Backstage, whittling them down to just 18 players per season.—
Charlotte Walsh,
PEOPLE,
20 May 2026
Verb
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Carbajal locked his doors, screened customers and monitored ICE alerts during commuting hours.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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The Jets had the best goalie on the planet, but the Avs broke them with a flurry of tips, deflections and screened shots that Connor Hellebuyck did not handle.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
Verb
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Their long-distance relationship was strained by his work schedule and her issues with drinking.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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Progressive alliances are weakening, political identities are shifting, and emotional ties to Israel are being strained.—
Michael W. Sonnenfeldt,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
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“Sieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieve. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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