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Recent Examples of sift
Crystal tables were especially popular, drawing customers to sift through bowls of sparkling stones.
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Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Finding the perfect one—one that doesn’t feel like a potato sack or scratch your skin—often takes a lot of trial and error, but the easiest way to sift through the endless options and find your next favorite sweater is by checking out what real shoppers have to say.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
Rather than sift through the multitude of airpark websites, enthusiasts can filter available fly-in real estate to match their preference via sources like Trade-a-Plane, an aviation marketplace that’s logged everything online from aircraft parts to services since 1997.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Former owner Claude Bronchu and David Samson, Loria's right-hand man with the Expos (and later the Florida Marlins), were left to sift through the rubble of the team's final years in Montreal.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Finding the perfect one—one that doesn’t feel like a potato sack or scratch your skin—often takes a lot of trial and error, but the easiest way to sift through the endless options and find your next favorite sweater is by checking out what real shoppers have to say.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
Rather than sift through the multitude of airpark websites, enthusiasts can filter available fly-in real estate to match their preference via sources like Trade-a-Plane, an aviation marketplace that’s logged everything online from aircraft parts to services since 1997.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Former owner Claude Bronchu and David Samson, Loria's right-hand man with the Expos (and later the Florida Marlins), were left to sift through the rubble of the team's final years in Montreal.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sift
Verb
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Automatic-translation technology, by design, filters out that surplus as noise.—
Ross Benjamin,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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Like all of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, it was filtered through charcoal before barreling, part of the Lincoln County process, but only through three feet instead of the usual 10 feet according to Fletcher (there’s less corn in the mashbill, and therefore less oil to be absorbed).—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
9 Nov. 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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To continue complying with SB 1383, the city must start inspecting what customers are putting in their bins and keep trying to educate those who are making mistakes.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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These recordings function like a kind of filter or sieve, retaining one part of us while the rest is allowed to drain away.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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Cook the noodles according to package instructions, then transfer with tongs to a colander or sieve in the sink.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2025
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Homicide detectives deemed the death suspicious and began investigating.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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According to court documents, the FBI has been investigating the Washington and New Jersey defendants since 2023, monitoring their conversations with the help of undercover FBI informants and agents.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Thailand accused Cambodia of laying fresh landmines following the removal of a barbed wire fence, which was discovered on November 9.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Thank you @cyndilauper for laying the groundwork for artists like me to thrive.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Nov. 2025
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Some of the sites that CNN examined have less obvious visual clues tying them to missile production.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The researchers focused on lithium aluminum alloys and examined how lithium ions navigate two internal phases, known as the lithium-rich beta phase and the lithium-poor alpha phase.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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These input filters are designed to screen incoming user queries and prompts for harmful, leading, or manipulative language.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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The series finale, which will now screen in select theaters nationwide and stream on Netflix simultaneously beginning New Year's Eve, runs around 2 hours in length.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Sift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sift. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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