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Recent Examples of sift
One attorney received pushback from ADC when the attorney requested funding for a second paralegal to help sift through thousands of pages of discovery in a murder case, Rosen said.
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Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
An excavator that had been brought in to sift through the wreckage had reached ground level, meaning that everything above it had been checked.
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
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.
—Charlotte Walsh, PEOPLE, 20 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
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Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
An excavator that had been brought in to sift through the wreckage had reached ground level, meaning that everything above it had been checked.
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
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.
—Charlotte Walsh, PEOPLE, 20 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sift
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The liver has many functions including producing bile and various proteins, storage of energy, metabolizing nutrients, and, perhaps most significantly, filtering toxins and wastes from the body.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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Vogue is committed to reporting and riffing on the global fashion conversation—always filtered through the lens of culture and what’s happening in the world at large.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
7 June 2026
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After June 10, all warm-blooded animals must be certified by Florida two days before arrival in the state and will need to be inspected by a veterinarian within five days before arrival.—
Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Miami Herald,
7 June 2026
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After that date, animals entering the state must be certified by Florida officials at least two days before arrival and inspected by a veterinarian within five days of transport.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
7 June 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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Inspired by a true story, this thriller centers around a fast food manager, Sandra (Ann Dowd), who receives a call from a man identifying himself as a police officer claiming to be investigating a potential theft by Becky (Dreama Walker), one of the restaurant’s employees.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
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France last week asked for its public prosecutor, which presents cases in court, to investigate the treatment of French nationals detained by Israel after being part of the flotilla.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
6 June 2026
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Total football remade soccer worldwide by emphasizing movement and pressure on the ball and the interchangeability of positions, laying the groundwork for the modern incarnation of the sport.—
Leander Schaerlaeckens
June 8,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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And Republican lawmakers have refused to vote to fund the construction of a ballroom at the White House that has already laid waste to the East Wing and, if completed, would dwarf the landmark residence.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Engineers will examine whether additive methods can improve manufacturability while reducing lead times for complex parts.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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Two of those victims were discovered decades ago, and investigators are examining other cases possibly linked to the defendant, Dwight Rhone, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.—
Andrew Blankstein,
NBC news,
10 June 2026
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Most men should be screened yearly for prostate cancer starting at age 50.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2026
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In particular, there was too much hero-ball and not enough cutting and screening.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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“Sift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sift. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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