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Recent Examples of sift
Traditional troubleshooting requires engineering teams to comb through dashboards, sift through alerts, and make educated guesses under pressure.
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 July 2025
Parents Know Schools Can Do Better Even without sifting through the latest report on declining student achievement, parents across the country feel that something is off.
—Sara Schapiro, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Essentially, MacDonough is sifting through the bill finding parts that are not directly tied to the budget.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 24 June 2025
It can be used to make product recommendations, sift through product reviews, solve customer service inquiries and track and find lower prices.
—Rytis Lauris, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 July 2025
Parents Know Schools Can Do Better Even without sifting through the latest report on declining student achievement, parents across the country feel that something is off.
—Sara Schapiro, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Essentially, MacDonough is sifting through the bill finding parts that are not directly tied to the budget.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 24 June 2025
It can be used to make product recommendations, sift through product reviews, solve customer service inquiries and track and find lower prices.
—Rytis Lauris, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sift
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Then, just a few days before the first batch of players were due to report for pre-season training, the first reports started to filter through that something terrible had happened, more than 1,000 miles away, in the middle of the night.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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Lessons from the Ukrainian battlefields have even filtered down into their training.—
James Brooks,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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The robot can manipulate parts, tend machines, inspect assets and even generate digital twins by capturing reality in high detail.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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If a firework fails to ignite, don’t stand over the firework to inspect it or try to reignite it.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 July 2025
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Cook the noodles according to package instructions, then transfer with tongs to a colander or sieve in the sink.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2025
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In its purest version, the egg whites and yokes are sieved or finely chopped separately.—
Georgeanne Brennan,
Mercury News,
5 June 2025
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Editor’s Note: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes investigates how the rules of fashion have influenced different cultural arenas — and your closet. CNN — Pristine, crisp and all-white — tennis whites have been a tradition dating back centuries.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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He was previously investigated for violating NOAA's scientific integrity policy.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
9 July 2025
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There are two approaches to this: comprehend the historical odds and position yourself ahead of the earnings release, or examine the correlation between immediate and medium-term returns post-earnings and position yourself accordingly after the earnings are announced.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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And don’t forget to examine your nails and the bottoms of your feet, Reid says.—
Stacey Colino,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Its goal: to bring cutting-edge early detection to the millions who never make it to screening in time—not just those with the means to optimize wellness.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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On June 22, TSA screened a record 3.1 million passengers, and officials said Sunday’s volume could break that mark.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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“Sift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sift. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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