Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sifted
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The case is now being investigated as a homicide.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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