sieves

present tense third-person singular of sieve

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Verb
  • Earth’s atmosphere filters out shorter wavelengths like blue and violet, refracting the longer red and orange wavelengths toward the moon.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of going dark, some sunlight still reaches the moon, glowing red because Earth’s atmosphere bends and filters the sunlight.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Voice of Hind Rajab, which screens this evening in Venice, tells the story of a young Palestinian girl, Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year along with six of her family members.
    Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Fundamentals Morgan Stanley screens attractively versus Capital Markets peers on valuation with comparable or better profitability.
    Tony Zhang, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Sieves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieves. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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