sifted

past tense of sift

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Verb
  • Three additional bedrooms filtered throughout the house each have their own bath and outdoor space, while the lushly landscaped grounds span over a third of an acre and host a heated saltwater pool and a spillover spa surrounded by a wraparound sundeck, along with a pair of fire pits.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The album expanded the horizon of sonic possibility, blending the influences of artists such as Prince, Lauryn Hill, and Marvin Gaye with Erykah Badu, Pink Floyd, and Stevie Wonder — and it was all filtered through the soul and spirit of D’Angelo.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • No major injuries were immediately reported on the scene, though one person involved was taken to the hospital to have his injuries inspected.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Researchers investigated whether genetics influences the link between vegetable intake and weight or obesity.
    Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Warrens investigated the Amityville home in 1976, five years after visiting the Perron family house, which was the subject of the first Conjuring film.
    Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • The film also screened at the Divvy Film Festival 2024.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Some airports — including Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International — are refusing to play the video, which has been criticized for misusing federal dollars to impose a partisan message on passengers waiting to be screened at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • He’d initially been inspired by pioneering video channels such as Every Frame a Painting, which made carefully edited, thoroughly researched deep dives into the art of moviemaking.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Twice, the authority has researched extending the streetcar across the river into North Kansas City, first in 2014 and then in 2021-22.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For example, soldiers who were studied during parachute training showed dramatic stress responses within minutes of their first jump, but in later training jumps, that stress changed to thrill.
    Big Think, Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Italian scientist Alessandro Volta studied eel physiology to inspire the first battery, and recent work shows eels use doublets, two rapid spikes, to force rapid prey muscle contractions before the knockout blast.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Sifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sifted. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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