sieved

verb

past tense of sieve
as in sifted

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  1. filtered
  2. screened
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  • Sunlight bent and filtered through Earth's atmosphere leaks into the shadow, carrying the red-orange glow of every sunrise and sunset around the world.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The grading process was one of the places where Darlington and colorist Daniel Gill really wanted the image to look grounded and authentic, not polished and Instagram-filtered.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • The teen was booked into juvenile detention after detectives screened two counts of first-degree murder with the Utah County Attorney’s Office, police said.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The film premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and has screened around the world since then, including at Tribeca Festival, the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, and the Zagreb Film Festival in Croatia.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Aug. 2026
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“Sieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieved. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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