filter
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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
“Can you add a filter for fragrance-free cars?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Kelly pulls out his phone to show me a video of a woman whose account is dedicated to sharing puzzling life advice while she appears under an extreme beauty filter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Its Coronagraph Instrument will block and filter the light from stars so astronomers can study exoplanets and disks around them.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
A beat-up gull swooped in and pecked at a cigarette filter.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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Teens wouldn’t be able to use extreme makeup filters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The platform will be required to automatically apply stricter privacy settings to accounts belonging to children under the age of 16, strengthen parental supervision systems, and implement stricter content filters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Singapore inflation figures on Monday will likely show that price growth accelerated in July as the energy shock filters through.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Depending on the situation, it filters out some information while giving greater attention to signals that are more relevant.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
All told, I have about 1500 hours' worth of C02 filters.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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“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
Chris Lofts, the site manager, said the waste was first filtered before having water added and being fed into a digester to create methane.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
ECB policymakers are watching closely for signs that higher energy costs have filtered through to other parts of the economy, which would reinforce their case for keeping interest rates higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Smoke from blazes in northwestern Ontario has filtered down to Toronto, the provincial capital.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
We were expected not just to be smart but to own our smartness—to inhabit it with pride—and this filtered down to how we spoke.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Nevertheless, beyond the fuel pump and airline terminal, there are few signs yet that these soaring fuel costs are filtering into the broader economy, the Journal’s Konrad Putzier writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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
On Friday, attention turns to August consumer price figures for the Tokyo metropolitan area that will indicate if higher oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict are filtering through to broader consumer costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
She looked at the sunlight filtering through the canopy, how the trees swayed in the wind with their long, bony arms around each other.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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