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Recent Examples of sift
In a normal year, casting director Jesse Tannenbaum and his team sift through 25,000 applications, per Backstage, whittling them down to just 18 players per season.
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Charlotte Walsh, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
Smartt serves as scientific lead for Lasair, one of the seven data brokers that will help astronomers sift through Rubin’s vast data haul for discoveries.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
All told, Drake delivered 43 new tracks (or nearly two-and-a-half hours of music) to sift through; among them are some of his best songs since Scorpion.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026
That means there is a ton of games to sift through and find good bets to place.
—David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
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Charlotte Walsh, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
Smartt serves as scientific lead for Lasair, one of the seven data brokers that will help astronomers sift through Rubin’s vast data haul for discoveries.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
All told, Drake delivered 43 new tracks (or nearly two-and-a-half hours of music) to sift through; among them are some of his best songs since Scorpion.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026
That means there is a ton of games to sift through and find good bets to place.
—David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sift
Verb
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There it is filtered and purified before being fed into the Reflecting Pool.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Early research shows that filtering out content related to making biological weapons from AI training data can reduce how often the model responds with information that could be used for harm.—
Huo Jingnan,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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As Aden Kassaye and her mother got out to inspect the damage, Beas Solorio reportedly lurched the BMW forward, making contact with Ayalew’s torso, prompting Ayalew to slam her hands on the BMW’s hood to brace herself and yell at the driver.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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On May 28, Sherrill said New Jersey health officials tried to inspect Delaney Hall but could only see part of the detention center.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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Creativity is not just some commodity, trapped in the imagination, that can be tapped and sieved by technology.—
John Semley,
Wired News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Customers who are familiar with her work locally will stand in long lines to get her goods, which often sell out quickly Huynh said Chaung’s taro cakes are made by steaming and sieving the purple Southeast Asian vegetable to make a mix into the dough.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Feb. 2026
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Police in New York City are investigating after several people were caught on surveillance video this week going into the sewer via a manhole and emerging hours later.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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The case is being investigated by Berkeley Police Department’s homicide unit detectives, along with the Alameda County Coroner’s Office.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
31 May 2026
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Last month, the IRGC launched attacks into the Gulf and attempted to lay new underwater mines.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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From a certain perspective, the traps that Ibsen had laid for his characters were hilariously well made, and the one character who got the ghastly humor within the play itself was Hedda.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Point guard Jalen Brunson has returned to sitting on the Knicks' bench since his knee was examined in the team's locker room.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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The cost of silence First, the researchers examined direct defenses—the chemical and physical changes the plant undergoes to make its leaves less palatable for caterpillars and thus hamper their growth.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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Before Universal could make a decision about Penland, a news story emerged about Scorsese screening the film for Catholic clergy.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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The main byproduct of this process is a compound known as benzoylecgonine — the exact compound that drug tests screen for.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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“Sift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sift. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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