filtering

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A striking gray-striped coat featured geometric shadows that mimicked light filtering through Venetian blinds, appearing as if it had practically materialized from a black and white film.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

However, he acknowledged YouTube is a particular quandary: its shifting sea of content makes real-time filtering nearly impossible, for Google or school districts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

"It is about choice – if you want to hear AI music or if you don't," says Sixtus who would prefer Spotify labelled and enabled filtering of AI-generated content itself.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Some of the criticism may be filtering up to the president, who has grumbled that Iran is still throttling most shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

His skin shifted colors and shades, dappled in the autumn light filtering through the trees, and sometimes he matched the trees around him so well that it looked like he was made of bark.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack