filter
Example Sentences
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The moderate 0.4% uptick in core goods suggests some upward pressure, at least partially tied to tariffs, is beginning to filter through.
From Barron's
“The gallbladder is a filter. You must not shock or pollute it!”
From Literature
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“In Gemini, our models use filtering and other quality-assurance methods to verify data and model quality to help prevent any large-scale gaming of our systems.”
The water is then filtered and dumped into storm drains.
From Barron's
It’s also had an unintended effect: Plenty of users, whether they realize it or not, are now channeling Michael Ovitz, the superagent who once enlisted a small army of assistants to filter calls.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.