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[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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An unusually large amount of smoke in the air from nearby forest fires acted like an additional atmospheric filter.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

By pinning structural failures of U.S. health infrastructure onto a single doctor, both supporters and critics can selectively filter for what they already believe.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

“Gas prices filter through to everything, but especially food,” Owens said.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

"And if you're taking pictures with your phone or looking through a telescope or binoculars, you have to get a solar filter… because the UV light can destroy the lens," he said.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Through a solar telescope equipped with a filter admitting only the red light emitted by hot hydrogen gas, the sunspots appear dark.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

After last-minute gulps of water, everyone filters back into the heat of the desert and hurries to air out the cars’ ovenlike cabins.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Smith said: "Make sure its got the right protection and filters to stop any damage because any damage you get, it'll never heal. It's not like cutting your hand."

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Citing the reduced risk, Anthropic said its automated safety filters will intervene roughly 85 percent less often on Opus 5 than on Fable 5, the Mythos-class model it released last month.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Sunlight filters through the roof, shadows move across the field during the game and it doesn’t feel so enclosed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

They are made from the wads of feltlike fuzz that accumulate on drier filters and can be peeled off in sheets.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

On the first day, worker bees filtered out 95% of the pesticide and transferred it into the honeycomb.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

The words are filtered through each reader’s own individuality.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

That optimism filtered through to Asia, where Seoul -- which has been at the forefront of extreme volatility in the tech sector over the past month -- climbed more than four percent.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

The new concoction, meant to promote “restoration,” is a collaboration with Jolie — a New York-based beauty wellness company that sells filtered showerheads.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

The Panthers broke ranks and filtered out through the crowd.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

Scientists have long thought that worker bees help shield queens from contamination by filtering harmful substances out of the food they provide.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

On Friday, attention turns to August consumer price figures for the Tokyo metropolitan area that will indicate if higher oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict are filtering through to broader consumer costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The Rightmove data suggests that fewer tenants are proactively filtering for pet-friendly properties when searching for a home.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

“The lagged pass-through of higher energy, logistics and imported input costs from Gulf War shocks are still filtering through to prices,” the economists add.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

He put them on and his bedroom came into clearer focus, lit by a faint, misty orange light that was filtering through the curtains from the street lamp outside the window.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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