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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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A quarter-point increase would take a few months to filter through to annual percentage rates on existing accounts, according to Matt Schulz, chief consumer-finance analyst at LendingTree.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

His goal is to teach students to develop their own creative processes, so they can filter through generative AI content with awareness, discernment and critical thinking, rather than using it as a passive shortcut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

The 41-year-old finalist submitted two takes: one where he didn’t filter his accent, and another he thought would be slightly more legible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Vance pleaded unfamiliarity, explaining that “sometimes information doesn’t filter up to me.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Some people make it by dripping water through a filter containing coffee grounds: they are relying on gravity.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Barnacles, minerals and microorganisms built up on submerged surfaces, clogging intake filters and coating the heat exchangers that cool the servers, Barnard says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

These filters reduced an enormous collection of possibilities to 373 prohormones, making experimental testing much more practical.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Qualifying residents will also receive air filters to mitigate pollution from diesel and heavy construction equipment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Women's health creators and charities have told us their content has been removed, had sensitivity filters added, or had its reach suppressed - a practice known as "shadowbanning".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

He opens the door, and the noise filters back in.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The general losses in New York filtered through to Asia in the morning but some markets staged a comeback as the day progressed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

By the end, Bobby begins to have his own wants, curiosities and desires, Luster said — all filtered through a desperation to help and connect with Dina.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Text-based learning, even when filtered through a trillion-strong “weightings” map, is only partial knowledge of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

Light filtered golden and green onto their faces.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

This helps explain why the treatment reduced both substances, even though they do not rely on the same filtering mechanism.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

It holds huge amounts of water, slowing rain as it moves downhill, reducing flooding and filtering out sediment before it reaches the reservoir.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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

She could see from the light filtering down the entrance tunnel that the sun was up, and bright.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien


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