sifts

present tense third-person singular of sift

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sifts
Verb
  • Removes waterborne pathogens and filters pesticides, chemicals, heavy metals and microplastics and improves taste, smell and clarity.
    DeAnna Taylor, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • My favorite is amber mode, which has a warm glow that filters 99% of blue light.
    Erin Mayer, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The first is Christopher Walken as Gabriel, a mean-spirited angel who sniffs and licks crime scenes and inspects children’s teeth for reasons that sort of make sense within the movie.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that the employees in the Office of Detention Oversight, which inspects immigration detention centers, is currently not working.
    The NPR Network, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Native American artist Chutto (Mato Wayuhi) throws a rock through the window and, when Lee chases him down, lays into Lee for getting his grandfather, Arthur (the late Graham Greene), killed.
    Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
  • After giving the calf an allotted head start, a competitor rides to the calf, ropes it and dismounts, lays the calf down and ties three legs together.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Additionally, the department licenses and regulates insurance companies operating in Arkansas, administers the state government's workers' compensation program, provides Medicare counseling to senior citizens, and investigates consumer complaints and insurance fraud.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Parise’s work investigates a core question of how the brain knows when sound and vision match.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • An experimenter screens individuals from a population for a trait of interest, and only those that meet a certain threshold are allowed to reproduce to create the next generation.
    Shraddha Lall, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Hersh’s unparalleled career is explored in the documentary Cover-Up, directed by Oscar winner Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus, which screens tonight at the New York Film Festival.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Boise and Treasure Valley residents have a chance to enjoy a beautiful fall Friday before a cold front bringing rainy weather and gusty winds settles into Southwest Idaho starting Saturday morning.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But slowly, the truth settles in.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Sifts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sifts. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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