sifter
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Using a sifter, sprinkle two cups of powdered sugar onto the coated cereal and mix once again.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025
To the extent that there’s a new Tim Allen here, it’s the one who, thinking of his late wife, and the flour sifter he has taken care not to clean, he cries, almost, sort of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
Recumbent, he tosses a few handfuls of duff into a sifter fashioned from a cat litter box with its bottom cut out and replaced by a screen.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
Using a sifter or fine-mesh strainer, sift the flour over the bowl and whisk until almost smooth; a few small lumps are okay.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022
Dogs, Iambs, and little pigs suddenly disappeared under waves of heavy goo, and some s.orytellers said you could actually hear the landscape burp contentedly sifter such a meal.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
In the parking lot of the market, there were bundles of clothing, toys for children, pet food, shovels and sifters, and boxes of food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2017
Processing rooms hold sifters where Beta Hatch sorts the insects.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2017
There are sifters for sale, but anyone can make one.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2016
In that instance, the winner was not someone picked by the sifters.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2013
Lina hadn’t thought about it before, but now she wondered about the trash sifters.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
