Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sieving
Verb
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Like coral reefs, these oyster reefs played crucial ecological roles, providing habitat and nurseries for many other species and filtering vast volumes of water.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025 -
Those pressures are filtering down to store shelves.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bill Clinton preferred new releases, screening seminal '90s movies like Schindler's List, Groundhog Day, and Titanic.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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There was one last test screening set to take place in conservative Orange County.—
Cameron Crowe,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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More than 150,000 new Rohingya refugees have arrived in the camps in the past two years, UNHCR says, straining the tight resources.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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One hour becomes two, two become three, my mind straining for answers in the blackness.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Sieving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieving. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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