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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sieves
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The beanie mimics sounds in the womb and filters out high-frequency noises that are constant inside a hospital, which research has shown can also be harmful.—
Stephanie Stahl,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026 -
Social media users remember it as an era of low-stakes posting, when Valencia filters, flower-crown Snapchat selfies, and #ThrowbackThursday content thrived without strategy decks or performance anxiety.—
Katie Salcius,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The short-term impact was shocking with the loss of foliage but today, about 15 years later, the border looks beautiful and screens the neighbor’s house and yard while providing a reliable habitat for birds.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2026
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An experimenter screens individuals from a population for a trait of interest, and only those that meet a certain threshold are allowed to reproduce to create the next generation.—
Shraddha Lall,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Sieves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieves. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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