Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sifting
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Lines have formed for the bathroom, and protesters are routinely filtering in and out of the store to escape the cold.—
Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Instead of just filtering by age or distance, the system weighs emotional compatibility, conflict styles, and expectations around commitment to suggest a smaller set of matches with higher odds of genuine chemistry.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Bodycam video shows New Haven, Indiana, police officers inspecting the scene at the bottom of the staircase in the Davis' home.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Chuky was inspecting the rifle, turning it over in his hands.—
Jonathan Miles,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Since last summer, police in Northern California have been investigating a hidden camera found in a public bathroom at a Kaiser Medical Center in Vallejo.—
Jeff Nguyen,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The chamber is reportedly investigating the incident.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Stars like Kate Winslet—who narrated the documentary—Judi Dench, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rod Stewart, and Stanley Tucci visited the castle on Wednesday, the first time a film screening like this had ever taken place there.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
29 Jan. 2026
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Personalized cancer screening strategies, lifestyle approaches to mitigate risks, robotic tools for cancer surgery and new advances in clinical trials are among the presentations on the agenda.—
Clayton Freeman,
Florida Times-Union,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some families took time to weigh their options, spending hours researching the best choice.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Jan. 2026
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There’s probably a ton of value being created by this monstrous sell-off and investors who are concerned with such things should be researching this situation.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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With belt-cinching streamers straining to do more with less, sloppy vibe calibration has become a common problem.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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Even in states like Texas, which opted not to expand its Medicaid program and continued to rely on counties to care for many of its uninsured, rising health care costs are straining local budgets.—
KFF Health News,
Oc Register,
6 Jan. 2026
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This highlights the grand importance of AI makers and researchers studying and implementing robust AI persona construction approaches and stabilization techniques.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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In pursuit of ‘political education’ As a teenager, Ghanem set his sights on studying abroad to improve his political literacy after watching his father, a microbiology professor at Ain Shams University, Cairo, use academic spaces to mobilize opinion.—
Sana Noor Haq,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Sifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sifting. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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