sift out
Example Sentences
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The first stop on the conveyor belts takes the materials over a series of rolling coils called an auger screen that sift out the cardboard and push it to a separate conveyor belt.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
This could create flexible bandages that change shape as wounds heal or water filters that can be fine-tuned to sift out certain particles.
From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2023
The central compartment of the Litter-Robot rotates in place to sift out litter and deposit clumps in a bag that’s in a drawer in the base of the litter robot.
From The Verge • Mar. 26, 2022
In test tubes, they put the spike through an immunity trial, exposing it to successive rounds of antibodies designed to sift out versions of the spike capable of avoiding neutralization.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2021
Grandma would sift out the mean ones, which were few and far between.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
