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as in to inspect
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Recent Examples of sift
Some losses feel greater than others Robert Lara sifted through the remains of his home in Altadena on Thursday with tears in his eyes, hoping to find a safe containing a set of earrings that once belonged to his great-great-grandmother.
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John Seewer, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
The next few hours were a mix of soaking in the sun, sifting through shells to add to our collection and discussing our dreams for 2025.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
Finding that without having to sift through a bunch of fluff is getting harder.
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
New technologies allow the cleansing of structured and unstructured data without as much investment, but some organizations can still struggle with the volume of information that needs to be sifted to make a meaningful dent in the process.
—Kathleen Hurley, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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John Seewer, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
The next few hours were a mix of soaking in the sun, sifting through shells to add to our collection and discussing our dreams for 2025.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
Finding that without having to sift through a bunch of fluff is getting harder.
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
New technologies allow the cleansing of structured and unstructured data without as much investment, but some organizations can still struggle with the volume of information that needs to be sifted to make a meaningful dent in the process.
—Kathleen Hurley, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sift
Verb
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Lower rents for new leases are finally filtering into rates for existing tenants.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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Those earlier rulings found that the age verification systems of the 1990s and 2000s unduly burdened people’s speech and that filtering software could serve the same purpose, but the court also said that if the internet changed at some point in the future, that analysis could change too.—
Adi Robertson,
The Verge,
15 Jan. 2025
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Northwest Naturals was last inspected in March, according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture, and had no violations.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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If no marker appears at the address, the property has not yet been inspected.—
Yoonserk Pyun,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Stock screens Morgan Stanley did a few stock screens to sieve out those set to benefit.—
Weizhen Tan,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2024
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The sieving methods cannot be generalized so far as to push the result down to N = 2, however.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
7 June 2024
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Family, friends mourn death of 9-year-old boy in Florida City On Tuesday, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the shooting, arrested 19-year-old Montreal Savontae Jackson Jr.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Pulaski County sheriff's office is investigating Ireland's death.—
Remington Miller,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Another review of research studies published in 2022 examined the effects of cold water immersion on humans.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
22 Jan. 2025
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Some companies examine the goals from the previous year and set new ones for the upcoming year.—
Simone Milasas,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Capital One Arena, a downtown D.C. stadium with a capacity of 20,000, will screen the swearing-in live and host the presidential parade, Trump said.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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In 2022, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery was only screened for one week before being removed.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Sift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sift. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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