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sifting

verb

Definition of siftingnext
present participle of sift
1
as in filtering

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as in inspecting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sifting
  1. filtering
  2. inspecting
  3. screening
  4. investigating
  5. straining
  6. researching
  7. studying
Verb
  • Surging oil prices are currently filtering through to US consumers via multiple avenues, with rising rail transportation costs representing a critical link in the supply chain.
    — , CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But filtering water and softening water are not the same thing.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of filtering
Verb
  • That means inspecting before arrival rather than waiting for the guest to identify an issue.
    — Jeffery Khoury, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The big story This photograph taken on November 5, 2025 shows employees inspecting photovoltaic (PV) cells used in solar panels at an Adani Group factory in Gujarat’s port city of Mundra.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of inspecting
Verb
  • Two-thirds of recruiters plan to up their use of AI for pre-screening interviews this year, according to a January LinkedIn survey of over 6,500 HR professionals.
    — Sarah Jackson Juhohn Lee, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • One room will feature a video installation screening a montage of archival images and film excerpts that have shaped Diop’s gaze.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of screening
Verb
  • Authorities began investigating him again after an anonymous tip came in on March 19, shortly after his release from a juvenile detention facility.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • By 2009, the task force was investigating nearly 300 reports of animal abuse and neglect a year.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of investigating
Verb
  • Massive stockpiles of methamphetamine smuggled onto the islands by cartels have seeped into the local communities, spurring a widespread addiction crisis and straining the local health system.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
  • New weekend attacks also knocked two additional Russian refineries offline, further straining global refined product supplies and likely offsetting any seasonal relief.
    — Miami Herald Staff Report, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of straining
Verb
  • However, Pearce saw a different guy researching old footage of Murdoch from the mid- to late ‘60s.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
  • When researching and writing and working on the record, I was very much impacted by like different scenes and different countries and getting deep into things like Gambian and Senegalese music for the first time.
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of researching
Verb
  • His team has recently been studying how hearing factors into this, and preliminary findings indicate that the sounds people make while swimming can make a shark more likely to approach from a distance.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Another successful student is Surovi Khatun, an undergrad student currently studying at Nawab Siraj-Ud-Dowla Government College of Natore, a neighboring district of Pabna.
    — Ali Asif Shawon, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of studying
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