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
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
The sifter came from Ikea, and so did my cheap, shiny measuring spoons, and I love those, too.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2017
Lee got up and pulled out the pastry board and laid out the red meat and a flour sifter beside it.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Three men with metal detectors and sifters swept through the sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
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
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