Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sifting
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Sorting centers follow strict cultural guidelines, filtering out prints that may evoke conflict, ensuring clothes can be handed over directly.—
Chizuru Muko,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025 -
Rather than fighting this inevitable tide, Köhler closely examines the subject without didacticism, filtering it through a passive-aggressive relationship drama, until only its most potent ingredients remain.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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On the viewing stand with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that day was Kim Jong Un, who days later was inspecting new North Korean missile engines, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who recently signed a defense treaty with Kim.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Customs officials inspecting an overseas shipment arriving in Oklahoma discovered an ancient artifact initially thought to be a weapon, federal officials say.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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The cause and manner of death were still listed as pending on the coroner’s report, and police are still investigating.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Oct. 2025
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The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA are investigating.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Security screening is operating.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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McGuinness said that screening for breast cancer has dramatically improved over the past four decades.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
3 Oct. 2025
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Pharmaceutical companies have been wary of even minor concessions, insisting that the high prices paid by Americans subsidize the huge sums that go into researching and developing new drugs.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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While global data center appetite is strong, the pace and scale of these projects are straining traditional lenders, said the panelists.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Domestically in Taiwan, Washington’s growing list of demands are straining relations with the East Asian economic powerhouse, and risk further souring public sentiment in Taiwan toward the US.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Saved by Geometry In the early 2000s, Alexander Postnikov, a mathematician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was studying a geometric object known as the positive Grassmannian.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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By studying lake sediments, soil layers, and nearby landforms, researchers determined the ancient lake’s size and shape and how the climate changed.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Sifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sifting. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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