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Recent Examples of sieve
No other team, however, can match the numbers of a Burnley side that, lest it be forgotten, sieved 78 goals in 38 games while being relegated from the Premier League under Vincent Kompany’s management last season.
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Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Stock screens Morgan Stanley did a few stock screens to sieve out those set to benefit.
—Weizhen Tan, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
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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Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Stock screens Morgan Stanley did a few stock screens to sieve out those set to benefit.
—Weizhen Tan, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
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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Though unsafe to eat from city waters, oysters are among the most efficient purifying devices, each adult capable of filtering up to fifty gallons a day.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Vogue is committed to reporting and riffing on the global fashion conversation—always filtered through the lens of culture and what’s happening in the world at large.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
1 Nov. 2025
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To overcome the challenge, the scientists used state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to sift through massive amounts of data, separating the elusive tWZ signal from background noise.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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In Talisay city, survivors sift through the destruction, hoping to salvage what little remains.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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This past summer, the filmmakers embarked on a cross-country tour, meeting with executives at major theater chains to screen the film and outline their marketing and self-distribution strategy.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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For mood changes, especially feelings of sadness or loss of interest in usual activities, your health care provider can screen for seasonal affective disorder or other causes.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Shake hard over ice for 8 to 10 seconds, and strain into rocks glass over fresh ice.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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More than 150,000 new Rohingya refugees have arrived in the camps in the past two years, UNHCR says, straining the tight resources.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Sieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieve. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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