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[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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That buys some time to let lower oil prices filter through inflation data in the coming months, he said, but it doesn’t guarantee the fight is over.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

If you’re looking to filter out the worst of Big Tech influences, the Dow does accomplish that.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

For example, the “skills” sections of LinkedIn profiles are becoming more important because recruiters increasingly filter job candidates by things they can do, not titles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

“A content filter isn’t necessarily going to block a person’s ability to create code for a website,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“If they can filter the salt and fish guts and whale turds out of ocean water, I’m sure they can manage anything left behind by the water polo meatheads,” Kelton says.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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