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Recent Examples of sieve
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
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The 11-bed unit, opened in 2005, has a dedicated laboratory and HEPA-filtered, negative-pressure rooms that prevent pathogens from escaping into all patient rooms.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
17 May 2026
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Copalli White Rum is fermented and distilled shortly after cane pressing to preserve volatile aromatic compounds, then minimally filtered and bottled unaged.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Smartt serves as scientific lead for Lasair, one of the seven data brokers that will help astronomers sift through Rubin’s vast data haul for discoveries.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 May 2026
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All told, Drake delivered 43 new tracks (or nearly two-and-a-half hours of music) to sift through; among them are some of his best songs since Scorpion.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
15 May 2026
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Ella Bleu Travolta and John Travolta wear chic black ensembles for the Karma screening during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 15.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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And this evening in Cannes, the film received a hearty standing ovation following its debut screening in the Directors’ Fortnight competition.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
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The case that Ashton and Bradley heavily influenced each other is stronger, if also strained.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Relations between the neighbors have been strained over historic grievances and Turkey’s alliance with Azerbaijan.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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“Sieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieve. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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