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as in to inspect
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Recent Examples of sift
Nearly 1,950 years later, archaeologists are still sifting through the layers of debris and making remarkable discoveries about life—and death—in the ancient city.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Maybe that's summarizing risk in a vendor questionnaire, helping a SOC analyst understand a behavioral anomaly without sifting through dozens of logs or just writing clearer access review summaries.
—Varsha Agarwal, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Jurors previously heard from the leader of the search team that sifted through the snow using rakes and brooms to find the evidence.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Previously, a human team would have had to sift through Walgreens' rich network of store, pharmacy and health care transactions to identify patient insights that could be relevant for clinical trials.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Maybe that's summarizing risk in a vendor questionnaire, helping a SOC analyst understand a behavioral anomaly without sifting through dozens of logs or just writing clearer access review summaries.
—Varsha Agarwal, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Jurors previously heard from the leader of the search team that sifted through the snow using rakes and brooms to find the evidence.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Previously, a human team would have had to sift through Walgreens' rich network of store, pharmacy and health care transactions to identify patient insights that could be relevant for clinical trials.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sift
Verb
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There is no sunscreen that filters 100% of the sun's rays, so SPF 30 is sufficient.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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The number of No. 1 albums that Hybe’s record-shattering boy band BTS has landed on the U.S. Billboard 200 STRATEGY + SUCCESS Nearly all hiring managers now use AI, resulting in many applicants getting filtered out before a human even looks at their résumé.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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One corner of the store also featured dozens of PC cases, giving customers the chance to physically inspect them.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
30 May 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,
30 May 2025
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Later, Meghan scrapes the honey off the hive frame, clearly in awe of the whole process, and sieves it to get rid of the honeycomb.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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No other team, however, can match the numbers of a Burnley side that, lest it be forgotten, sieved 78 goals in 38 games while being relegated from the Premier League under Vincent Kompany’s management last season.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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The crash is now being investigated by the NTSB and FAA.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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No one is in custody, and detectives are investigating, according to police, who did not give a motive for the shooting.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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The researchers also examined more than 2,700 genomes of modern plague samples from Asia, Africa, and North and South America.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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The researchers examined data from the U.S. Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network between 2004 and 2022.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
2 June 2025
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These access barriers create downstream issues that sponsors know all too well: missed screening windows, delayed enrollment and early dropouts.—
Sonali Bloom,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The film screens a second time on July 22 at 6 p.m. at Landmark’s Piedmont Theater in Oakland, also with the filmmakers in attendance.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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“Sift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sift. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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