filter

Example Sentences

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Older power stations have simply placed a grill across the inlet pipes, filtering out fish, which are killed in the process.

From BBC

He added: "I filtered the news of it entirely through the lens of whether it seemed a sensible way to help our relationship with a critical ally at a crucial moment."

From BBC

He stepped forward, with the sun filtering through the trees on his back.

From Literature

The aqueous extract is produced by mixing sunflower seed flour with water and filtering it, without requiring additional physical or chemical treatments.

From Science Daily

“And I don’t want to say it’s disproportionate, but to a certain degree it is. You’re constantly filtering out, is this real danger? You are kind of constantly gaslighting yourself.”

From Los Angeles Times