sifted

past tense of sift

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sifted
Verb
  • As news of these goals filtered through the stands in El Alto, Bolivian fans started to celebrate.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The water was then filtered and analysed using advanced laboratory techniques, with strict controls in place to prevent contamination.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • SeaTac is one of the first facilities inspected under the Act, and its findings may set the tone for what is uncovered nationwide.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The 2024 report is based on information from 77,688 containers inspected, where 8,850 were found to have deficiencies.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As officers arrived and investigated, additional gunfire was discharged from both outside and inside an apartment toward them.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The case is now being investigated as a homicide.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The gripping drama, about a group of Swedish soldiers struggling with the complexities of war in the Balkans in the 1990s, screened earlier at Series Mania and Sarajevo Festival’s Avant Premiere Series.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In the United States, blood and organ donors have been screened for Chagas disease since 2006 to prevent transmission through medical procedures.
    Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Their paper critiques five interventions that are being researched, including thickening sea ice and injecting aerosols into the stratosphere to cool the planet.
    Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Investigators say the attacks were researched and planned, and the suspect had a list of mostly Democratic lawmakers and their addresses.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Approaches being studied or already in limited use include pills and liquids, topical creams, sprays or dressings and intravenous injections.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Such ingredients included cannabis extract and synthetic psychedelics whose effects and safety have not been formally documented or studied.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Sifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sifted. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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