- present participle of sift.
sifting
Example Sentences
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From her London base, she is up by 2 a.m. most days, calling locals and sifting through data to find companies ripe for a shake up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
In La Guaira, the situation is catastrophic, with hundreds sleeping in the streets and others sifting through mountains of rubble day and night, searching for their dead.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
On Sunday, about 10 forensics workers were seen sifting through material on Coldharbour Lane at the site of the shooting, which the BBC was told is often used to host barbecues.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
But most are not well versed in sifting through medical research, and separating high-quality evidence from anecdotes and hunches.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
If we could check that the candidate landing site was not covered with sifting, drifting dust, we would have at least a fair chance of guaranteeing that the winds were not intolerably high.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
