sifted

past tense of sift

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sifted
Verb
  • Background noise is consistently filtered out so the speaker's voice can be heard more clearly.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As the moon is covered by the inner part of Earth's shadow during the eclipse, sunlight not blocked by Earth is filtered through a thick slice of Earth's atmosphere before reaching the moon's surface, NASA explained.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The planes were taken out of service and inspected by maintenance teams, American Airlines said.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • However, the cause is still being investigated.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The drowning of a Chicago boater is being investigated as a homicide after his body was found in Lake Michigan, according to officials.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When it was screened earlier this year, the majority of audiences were women.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Hill said the tests all came back clear, but that she wasn’t screened for GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate) or other drugs that are commonly used as date rape drugs.
    Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Oresme’s Problemata has been well researched — much of the text is even available online —but the philosopher’s claims about the Shroud had been overlooked for centuries.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of a belief in an all-knowing science, we are faced with the reality that humans are responsible for what is researched, how it is researched and what conclusions are drawn from such research.
    Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While the concept of autonomous soaring has been studied before, applying it to long-distance drone flights could transform aviation.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the research for his doctoral dissertation, Nelson studied Ford Motor Company’s electronics division (now Visteon) and its effort to completely overhaul the product design and delivery processes.
    Nelson P. Repenning, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Sifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sifted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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