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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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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

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

“Gas prices filter through to everything, but especially food,” Owens said.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

"And if you're taking pictures with your phone or looking through a telescope or binoculars, you have to get a solar filter… because the UV light can destroy the lens," he said.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The memory feels fuzzy, like I’m looking through a soft-focus filter, but I give him every detail I can remember about what Brian did.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Roman's Coronagraphic Instrument will use masks, prisms, detectors, filters, and self-flexing mirrors to demonstrate technologies capable of suppressing starlight.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

She and her sister both approve of hiding the numbers of likes and restricting filters.

From BBC 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

Dim light filters down from the ocean’s surface far above.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Flores, whose only public comments had for months been filtered through his legal team, agreed to speak with The Times, detailing the toll that the prior year and a half had taken on him.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 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

Swiss GDP last contracted in the third quarter of 2025, as the first round of U.S. tariffs filtered through the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

And the gains filtered through to Asia, with Tokyo climbing two percent thanks to healthy advances for Kioxia, Tokyo Electron and Advantest.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Whispers filtered that the Allies had cut off access roads and train routes.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

This prominence emitted strongly in light associated with hydrogen, allowing its original bright pink color to survive despite the atmospheric filtering.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Dr Bloomer says "significant sunspot activity" is visible with solar filtering but that you need magnification when viewing with the naked eye.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Researchers found last year that filtering biothreat-related text from training data makes models ignorant about the topic, but they caution it isn’t a silver bullet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

“The lagged pass-through of higher energy, logistics and imported input costs from Gulf War shocks are still filtering through to prices,” the economists add.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The light filtering down at one through a clover- leaf was glorious.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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