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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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Read through such a filter, Big Drum becomes another catalyst.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Vance pleaded unfamiliarity, explaining that “sometimes information doesn’t filter up to me.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

During a hurricane, for instance, a bunch of Lumen generators in Houston went down because someone decided not to pay for a $100 filter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Messi trusts the people who run them, some of them with him since his early days at Barcelona, and a thorough filter means he only gets offered and chooses what he is comfortable with.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

These filters reduced an enormous collection of possibilities to 373 prohormones, making experimental testing much more practical.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Americans attempting to use superior closed-source models to defend themselves from attacks often find their efforts stymied by the filters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Humyn Labs filters the thousands of hours of video supplied by those collectors, selecting the most useful content.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

As the name implies, Glass Half Full filters its work through a hopeful lens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

All told, I have about 1500 hours' worth of C02 filters.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

The ongoing impact of the Iran war, primarily on the cost of energy and fuel, has filtered through to the UK inflation rate.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The general losses in New York filtered through to Asia in the morning but some markets staged a comeback as the day progressed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

From there, medbeds filtered out to the rest of the secret-space-program community and to other alternative subcultures, including the New Age world.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

“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

The words filtered in before Conor was even properly awake.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness

The liver plays a central role in filtering the blood and removing unwanted compounds, including substances that may contribute to disease when they accumulate.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Twilight was filtering through Ohio’s leafy Cuyahoga Valley National Park as my husband and I parked our minivan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

I realized I was nervous and not filtering my words very well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

It holds huge amounts of water, slowing rain as it moves downhill, reducing flooding and filtering out sediment before it reaches the reservoir.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Her father stands by a window, intently watching his arm as he holds it out in front of him, the sunlight filtering in through the frosted glass and falling over his sleeve.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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