Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sifted
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The war felt far away then—an abstraction to analyze—its consequences filtered through spreadsheets and financial models.—
Pandu Sjahrir,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026 -
The department, aided by the hiring of a new state superintendent in November 2013, began to take a more active role than in the past in marshaling resources, support, and administrative authority to make sure the changes embodied in law actually filtered down to students in the classroom.—
Rachel Canter,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
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Crews then inspected the airfield.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Air conditioning units — which can be central air systems or individual units — must be inspected between September and May each year.—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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The highway was closed for several hours Saturday night as troopers investigated the crash.—
Riley Moser,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The state police also investigated the allegations against Aaron Hernandez.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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Her personal documentary, The Mulberry House, premiered at IDFA and screened at festivals worldwide.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2026
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Their work has screened at Cannes, by AMPAS and has been distributed globally across platforms including HBO Max, Amazon, Hulu and TCM.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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The evaluation puts dust events on par with natural disasters in terms of economic costs, eclipsing, for example, the 2017 wildfire season but shy of that year’s hurricane season, according to Irene Feng, the lead author of the 2024 study, who researched dust at the University of Texas at El Paso.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Her book—only the third to be published on Somali cuisine since 1978—provides a detailed overview of her home country’s history, pays homage to the chefs and writers who came before her, and intersperses thoroughly researched essays about the Somali diaspora.—
Jamie Feldmar,
Saveur,
15 Apr. 2026
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Winkler had studied thousands of wrecks.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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This is tied to principles studied in psychology, especially how a person’s surroundings shape their emotional state.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Sifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sifted. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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