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If there were a statewide measure for commercial businesses, many would probably have to build retention ponds or swales to filter out contaminants before water percolates underground.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The New York Fed’s multivariate core trend model External link, which uses statistical techniques to filter out noise, measured 4% percent in April.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
And there is always a healthy dollop of nostalgia when reminiscing about kits - those hazy childhood memories relived through a golden filter.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
When those pressures capture journals or entire fields, peer review can become less a filter for error than a credentialing system for fashionable nonsense.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Before the first week of term was up, awesome tales about the Headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, began to filter through to the newcomers.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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"The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas
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Civil Engineering
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