- present participle of filter.
filtering
Example Sentences
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Like the living room, the bedroom is painted the same flat white but the quality of the eastern light filtering into the bedroom casts a buttery glow.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
For now, energy prices appear to be most clearly filtering through to transportation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
These conditions involve immune-related damage to the kidney's filtering units and often have limited treatment options.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
In February he launched press conferences reserved for new media and influencers, which led to accusations that he was "filtering" journalists.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The Ubiquity of Filtering and Coincidence Broadly understood, the study of filtering is nothing less than the study of psychology.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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