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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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During a hurricane, for instance, a bunch of Lumen generators in Houston went down because someone decided not to pay for a $100 filter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The charity appealed, which was initially denied - but after several weeks the post "suddenly reappeared" behind a sensitivity filter.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Meta has denied the allegations in the lawsuit and says it has taken “steps to filter this data to help remove identifying information and to protect people’s privacy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Higher prices for a barrel of oil take time to filter down to retail gas prices, but a look at the oil market’s “prompt spread” shows bigger gas bills look likely.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

After a while answers began to filter back.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Caltrans is also working with the Los Angeles Unified School District to distribute air filters to schools in the area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“No staff filters, no bureaucratic dilution — a direct line to the secretary,” Hegseth said.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

An independent study revealed that these bots bombarded a U.N. data hub with more than 16,000 requests, eventually utilizing unauthorized techniques to circumvent security filters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Once the club's data departments have the brief, filters that grade a player's overall ability are applied to whittle down the 650,000-man database to 20-50 names.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

A hot sun now filters down through the lacy needles of the hemlocks in my grove.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

I can fix this problem with a filtered water tank.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

From there, medbeds filtered out to the rest of the secret-space-program community and to other alternative subcultures, including the New Age world.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

“They came through the stereo, speaking loudly into my ear, filtered through the added beauty of a child’s brain taking that all in.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

On the first day, worker bees filtered out 95% of the pesticide and transferred it into the honeycomb.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

Mama’s worried that our American stomachs won’t be able to handle anything but filtered water, home-cooked meals, and a handful of approved restaurants.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

I realized I was nervous and not filtering my words very well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I explained why younger people may actually adapt to AI more effectively than adults because they already inhabit worlds saturated with information, filtering and digital manipulation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Yet when it comes to the ways AI is filtering into Americans’ jobs, many workers are looking at a trickle so far, rather than a flood.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

According to the researchers, this imbalance could increase pressure inside the filtering structures and potentially contribute to continued kidney damage.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

There was just enough light filtering out from the cave to show that there were no trees anymore, no houses, no path, no rocks, no clouds, no sky.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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