sift
Example Sentences
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After a shooting in L.A.’s Fashion District, detectives sifted through encrypted messages to track down a sophisticated but clumsy band of thieves.
From Los Angeles Times
Investigators have been sifting through 40,000 leads since the 84-year-old was reported missing this month, but a breakthrough has eluded them despite emotional public appeals for help from her NBC presenter daughter.
From BBC
Armed with pickaxes and shovels, they have been sifting through the soil in scenes reminiscent of the gold rush that helped built South Africa's financial capital more than a century ago.
From BBC
Using these improved statistical models, the researchers derived analytical expressions for error and sift probabilities under pointing error, marking a first for the field.
From Science Daily
It’s worthwhile sifting through the rubble of a selloff and asking how durable marked-down businesses are.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
