SIEVING Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

sieving

verb

present participle of sieve

as in filtering

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But Thorpe’s prose ushers us through the eponymous hero’s crises with humor and panache, filtering the bright but naive protagonist-Margo’s evolution through the voice of a narrator-Margo who has developed some perspective.

— Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
Anthropic, citing both legal obligation and the technical impossibility of filtering users by nationality in real time, shut both models down globally despite their value.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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The elevator in question appears to be the one that exits to the outdoor museum courtyard adjacent to the valet parking area, where a black car can be seen waiting, rather than the elevators that screening attendees use inside the complex.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 8 July 2026
Instead, after tonight’s London premiere, The Odyssey will begin screening for critics, signaling a lot of faith from the studio.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026

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Analysts warned that the protests also risk straining South Africa’s security sector — which may further dampen business sentiment — considering the deployment required to prevent last week’s demonstrations from spiralling.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 10 July 2026
Rising rents and increasingly expensive grocery runs are straining budgets nationwide.

— Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

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