sifter
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Using a sifter, sprinkle two cups of powdered sugar onto the coated cereal and mix once again.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025
Lay your paper heart or other design atop the cake, load up a couple tablespoons of powdered confectioners’ sugar into a sifter or fine-mesh sieve, and let it snow.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
At an MHP grain processing center one hour east of Lviv, a truck filled with freshly harvested rapeseed — tiny, shiny and black — dumped its load into a sifter on a recent day.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
Using a sifter or fine-mesh strainer, sift the flour over the bowl and whisk until almost smooth; a few small lumps are okay.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022
Just recently, an official job called trash sifter had been created.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
In the parking lot of the market, there were bundles of clothing, toys for children, pet food, shovels and sifters, and boxes of food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2017
A broad Choctaw basket collected in Mississippi resembles the sifters that Naquin’s family used when catching shrimp.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2017
Processing rooms hold sifters where Beta Hatch sorts the insects.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2017
The Chrysalis staff, accompanied by Lauren Chu, combed through the dirt with the aid of giant box sifters.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2016
Lina hadn’t thought about it before, but now she wondered about the trash sifters.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
