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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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A quarter-point increase would take a few months to filter through to annual percentage rates on existing accounts, according to Matt Schulz, chief consumer-finance analyst at LendingTree.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Get good at spotting fakes—hone your own “phony” filter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Inflation can weigh on growth and the OBR has forecast that prices are set to rise at a faster pace as higher energy bills filter through supply chains and to consumers, especially in 2027.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

But Professor Kylmer had already started working on a variation of the plastic—a thin, slightly porous membrane that you could filter water through.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

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

Caltrans is also working with the Los Angeles Unified School District to distribute air filters to schools in the area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

That night, light filters in through a slit in my bedcurtains.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

By the end, Bobby begins to have his own wants, curiosities and desires, Luster said — all filtered through a desperation to help and connect with Dina.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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

The time-stop light filtered unnaturally, splitting into thick azure shafts.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

First, those supply shocks are filtering into a pretty broad range of categories, not just the usual suspects like airfares, and taking their time about it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

When asked, Spotify said it had rolled out platform-wide policies, external against impersonation and is working to the improve filtering out of AI-related issues on its platform.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Yet when it comes to the ways AI is filtering into Americans’ jobs, many workers are looking at a trickle so far, rather than a flood.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Jim Morrison’s voice was soft and barely reached us from where it was filtering through Betty’s speakers.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken


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