- present participle of filter.
filtering
Example Sentences
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Like the living room, the bedroom is painted the same flat white but the quality of the eastern light filtering into the bedroom casts a buttery glow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
These cells appear to improve attention by filtering out distractions and directing the brain toward the most important information.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
The theory behind it is how it separates teams on the result of the match between them, filtering out potentially big scorelines from other matches which can skew goal difference.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
In economies like the Philippines, problems with energy supplies have already started filtering through to transport and food prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The morning sunlight was already filtering through the cracks of the shutters, but it was as silent in the big house as if even the books on the shelves were sleeping.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
