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Recent Examples of sift
Google said co-scientist can help researchers sift through large amounts of literature to suggest new hypotheses.
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
While sifting through her mother’s belongings, 81-year-old Mary Cooper stumbled upon a book that was borrowed from the Ocean County Library in Toms River in March 1926, according to the book’s checkout card as seen in footage from area news outlet 6abc Philadelphia.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
With no booster priority point system in place like schools with big-time football and basketball programs, Tritons officials had to sift through orders on a case-by-case basis.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
These rumblings were joined by other seismic activity common in this part of the world, making the scientists realize that sifting through these geologic noises wasn’t going to be easy.
—Darren Orf, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
While sifting through her mother’s belongings, 81-year-old Mary Cooper stumbled upon a book that was borrowed from the Ocean County Library in Toms River in March 1926, according to the book’s checkout card as seen in footage from area news outlet 6abc Philadelphia.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
With no booster priority point system in place like schools with big-time football and basketball programs, Tritons officials had to sift through orders on a case-by-case basis.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
These rumblings were joined by other seismic activity common in this part of the world, making the scientists realize that sifting through these geologic noises wasn’t going to be easy.
—Darren Orf, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sift
Verb
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Jefferson’s Reserve Cask Strength is an eight-year-old bourbon that is non-chill filtered and bottled at 130 proof (65 percent ABV).—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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American confidence is based on what's in people's wallet, and Trump's actions point to higher consumer bills, and smaller 401k pots for years to come—with a suspicion that this is all to deliver tax cuts that won't filter down to the Average Working Joe.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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For Temu, Eurofins Assurance will inspect merchandise including apparel, textiles and jewelry and outdoor furniture, among other categories.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Later, Meghan scrapes the honey off the hive frame, clearly in awe of the whole process, and sieves it to get rid of the honeycomb.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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No other team, however, can match the numbers of a Burnley side that, lest it be forgotten, sieved 78 goals in 38 games while being relegated from the Premier League under Vincent Kompany’s management last season.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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With an imaging platform capable of recording the cell wall building from start to finish, the team plans to investigate how disrupting different genes and different pathways would affect the wall assembly process.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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While police continued to investigate, Nathan filed an $85,000 insurance claim for his lost boat.—
Audrey Karnan,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This frightening line of thought is followed all the way into a new ending for the stage that forces the audience to examine the media, the medium, and ourselves just as harshly as any politician.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Methodology note: Using Federal Election Commission data, Forbes examined all contributions over $10,000 to super PACs that spent over $1 million backing Trump in 2024.—
Kyle Khan-Mullins,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Earlier this week, Runway confirmed that Korine has joined the jury for its third AI Film Festival; honored content is scheduled to be screened at a June 5 event in New York.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Despite the controversy, a few weeks later, at the finale screening for the series, Isaacs wore another Duke T-shirt, but this time with the school’s Blue Devil mascot on it.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Sift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sift. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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