sieved

past tense of sieve

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sieved
Verb
  • Background noise is consistently filtered out so the speaker's voice can be heard more clearly.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As the moon is covered by the inner part of Earth's shadow during the eclipse, sunlight not blocked by Earth is filtered through a thick slice of Earth's atmosphere before reaching the moon's surface, NASA explained.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When it was screened earlier this year, the majority of audiences were women.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Hill said the tests all came back clear, but that she wasn’t screened for GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate) or other drugs that are commonly used as date rape drugs.
    Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Sieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieved. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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