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as in to inspect
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Recent Examples of sift
The software lets operations managers use generative AI to sift through warehouse data or create aggregated safety reports.
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Richard Nieva, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2025
Victims are now just being allowed to sift through the devastation that was once home.
—Joe Diaz, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2025
That’s a health hazard for everyone, but especially residents sifting through wreckage without proper protective gear.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
Recipe Tips From The Southern Living Test Kitchen While sifting the cake mix, use a large fine-mesh sieve and a whisk to help work out any pesky crumbles.
Set out your ingredients the day before for faster assembly the day of.
—Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
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Richard Nieva, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2025
Victims are now just being allowed to sift through the devastation that was once home.
—Joe Diaz, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2025
That’s a health hazard for everyone, but especially residents sifting through wreckage without proper protective gear.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
Recipe Tips From The Southern Living Test Kitchen While sifting the cake mix, use a large fine-mesh sieve and a whisk to help work out any pesky crumbles.
Set out your ingredients the day before for faster assembly the day of.
—Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sift
Verb
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Flashes will filter your Bluesky newsfeed, leaving only photos and videos.—
Will McCurdy,
PCMAG,
8 Feb. 2025
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Other rums are aged and then filtered to remove the color—and in the process, a lot of the flavor as well.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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There’s time for kids to inspect elephant dung, find bones, collect guinea fowl feathers, and make castings of lion paw prints, plus let loose in waterfalls, try catch-and-release fishing, and learn to throw spears.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
AFAR Media,
11 Feb. 2025
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The wreckage from both aircraft will be placed in a hangar at DCA to be inspected by investigators, the NTSB said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Stock screens Morgan Stanley did a few stock screens to sieve out those set to benefit.—
Weizhen Tan,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2024
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The sieving methods cannot be generalized so far as to push the result down to N = 2, however.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
7 June 2024
Verb
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He's promised to investigate people who get in the way of or threaten the DOGE team making cuts to federal agencies.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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What To Know Michigan State Police in June were called to investigate two people squatting in a cabin, troopers said on X. Police said the two individuals, Bromley and his 68-year-old wife, were homeless and had been living in the residence without permission.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Yes, the Reputation Management system examines your social media accounts, but Social Media Monitoring in the main IDShield app has a different purpose.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
15 Feb. 2025
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Through fiscal year 2023, the IRS examined 0.44% of individual returns filed for tax years 2013 through 2021, according to the latest IRS Data Book.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Navy has quietly started screening elite pilots for signs of brain injuries.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Transportation Security Administration screened 45,304 passengers that day.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Sift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sift. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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