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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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Kelly pulls out his phone to show me a video of a woman whose account is dedicated to sharing puzzling life advice while she appears under an extreme beauty filter.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Its Coronagraph Instrument will block and filter the light from stars so astronomers can study exoplanets and disks around them.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 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

The infrared filter was messing with his depth perception and he’d whacked his head on two protruding U-bends so far.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Like counts would be hidden by default and cosmetic surgery filters barred.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Snapchat filters and images shared in group chats suggest that many teenagers - and those not so young - are simply having harmless fun with the trend.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Singapore inflation figures on Monday will likely show that price growth accelerated in July as the energy shock filters through.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Depending on the situation, it filters out some information while giving greater attention to signals that are more relevant.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

The air filters cycle on, making a low hum beneath the sound of the fan.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

Tim Andrews said the transplant gave him "hope" and spared him months of needing to go to hospital to have his blood filtered by a dialysis machine.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Swiss GDP last contracted in the third quarter of 2025, as the first round of U.S. tariffs filtered through the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

And the gains filtered through to Asia, with Tokyo climbing two percent thanks to healthy advances for Kioxia, Tokyo Electron and Advantest.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Together, these tools automatically filtered vast amounts of data before researchers performed additional analysis.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

I dropped my decommissioned backpack on the kitchen table and filled the kettle from the pitcher of filtered water I kept on the counter.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Yet when it comes to the ways AI is filtering into Americans’ jobs, many workers are looking at a trickle so far, rather than a flood.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

One way employees have used their AI agents is to manage their inbox: summarizing emails, filtering out spam messages and automatically drafting responses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

While government measures have softened the hit from surging oil costs, policymakers expect higher energy prices to start filtering through to a wider array of consumer goods over the summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

DCCBs may relax the blood vessels that carry blood into these filtering units more strongly than they affect the vessels carrying blood away.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

Parts of the forest were quite heavy, but in other parts you could see the komorebi—the sunlight filtering through the trees.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata




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