sift out
Example Sentences
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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
I’m going to try that this year, using a screen to sift out the smaller bulbs.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2022
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
Structures honed by eons of evolution can provide inspiration to engineers — the spectacularly uncloggable filters of the manta ray, for example, may provide a way to sift out plastic pollution before it reaches waterways.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 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
