sifted

past tense of sift

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sifted
Verb
  • That list was filtered to 1,015 firms, and the finalists completed surveys to verify key details.
    Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • And indeed, this season’s lineup was a celebration of those roots, filtered through her refined lens.
    Minty Mellon, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Producers who ship nursery stock out of regulated areas to non-regulated areas must have their stock inspected, and each load must be accompanied by a certificate that attests to the fact that their product is free from the box tree moth.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The case is being investigated as a homicide, with assistance from the Redwood City Police Department and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Under Comey, the FBI investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its ties to Trump’s presidential campaign.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The short screened at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival, and even scored Swift an interview with Martin McDonagh in Variety’s Directors on Directors series.
    Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In the 1980s in the United States, only one in four women were getting screened for breast cancer, and access to screening technology was limited, Sivendran said.
    Dr. Noor Shaik, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • South Bend artist Nate Baranowski researched several facets of Catchings' life to design the mural.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Creatine is a popular and highly-researched supplement that people use to build muscle and maintain energy during intense workouts, according to Amanda Grimm, PT, a physical therapist, running coach, and sports and remedial massage therapist for Knead Massage.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Black nuclear families, like the one Cardi B (who is Afro-Latina) was part of for the past seven years, are actually on the rise, according to Christina Cross, a professor, researcher, and sociologist at Harvard University who has studied this subject extensively.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • These strategies – called selection sort and shaker sort – are typically studied in computer science.
    Celeste Kidd, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Sifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sifted. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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