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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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Never look at the Sun through binoculars, a telescope, or a camera unless a solar filter designed for the front of the instrument is securely attached.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

During normal times when there is no eclipse, scientists study the Sun's atmosphere with satellites equipped with a coronagraph -- "a filter that blocks out the photosphere", Brun explained.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Also rooted in old-school, so it spoke to my youth, but it’s through a psychedelic filter and musique concrète,” McFadden says.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Many of Hegseth’s reforms are new and must filter through an agency that employs millions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

I’d find a face filter to turn her into a green chameleon with its fleshy pink mouth wide open in shock.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

“We have replaced the air filters at the schools that are impacted,” Supt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 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

She calculated the numbers using a few key filters: first, she used personal consumption expenditure, the Fed’s stated preferred measure of inflation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

The site and app are entirely free, but two paid tiers offer more profile customization, filters and features, all with zero third-party ads.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

She heavily filters photos of meals and selfies.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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

ECB policymakers are watching closely for signs that higher energy costs have filtered through to other parts of the economy, which would reinforce their case for keeping interest rates higher.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

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

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 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

But as the class filtered out, he grabbed his bag, unfolded himself from his desk, and started for the door.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

It lived in the ocean almost 600 million years ago and spent much of its life in one place, filtering plankton from the surrounding seawater for food.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

When the lawsuit was filed in mid-2024, government authorities were learning more about how such air bags were filtering into the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Both Rubis and ATF Fuels said recent drops in wholesale costs were now filtering through to local forecourts in Guernsey and Jersey.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

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

Well, she continued, the trees are filtering the sraf as it moves through them, and some of it is attracted to the flowers.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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