filtering

Example Sentences

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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

Economic evidence shows that even higher-income households moving into new luxury apartments creates a filtering effect that frees up more affordable units for lower-income renters, benefiting all income levels.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The only remaining possibility was that he had walked past the turnoff while I was down at the pond filtering water, but this seemed manifestly improbable.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson