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[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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Those returns don’t factor in a deal reached late last year to sell air-filtration solutions company Koch Filter to Atmus Filtration Technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Filter feeders are everywhere in the animal world, from tiny crustaceans and certain types of coral and krill, to various molluscs, barnacles, and even massive basking sharks and baleen whales.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

For Casey Filter, what sticks out is how fast everything changed.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

"Filter feeding is a great way to acquire food because you simply engulf, filter and swallow," Benton told Salon by email.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2023

Van Loan and Thomas of Philadelphia experimented with liquid chlorine on a large scale at the Belmont Filter Plant in September, 1912.

From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph




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