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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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An unusually large amount of smoke in the air from nearby forest fires acted like an additional atmospheric filter.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

“Gas prices filter through to everything, but especially food,” Owens said.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

You can only use binoculars or telescopes if they have a special solar filter.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Experts recommend specifically designed eclipse glasses which filter UV rays that meet the standard ISO 12312-2:2015.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

In the laboratory, Mr. Loomis also had the world’s only radiation-proof suit, and he had the air filter and the water filter.

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

Like counts would be hidden by default and cosmetic surgery filters barred.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Singapore inflation figures on Monday will likely show that price growth accelerated in July as the energy shock filters through.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Depending on the situation, it filters out some information while giving greater attention to signals that are more relevant.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

After last-minute gulps of water, everyone filters back into the heat of the desert and hurries to air out the cars’ ovenlike cabins.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Tanks bubble and filters hum and aquarium heaters click on or off.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Chris Lofts, the site manager, said the waste was first filtered before having water added and being fed into a digester to create methane.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Flores, whose only public comments had for months been filtered through his legal team, agreed to speak with The Times, detailing the toll that the prior year and a half had taken on him.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

As the big day approached, Aschenbrenner’s friends, former colleagues and fellow members of the Silicon Valley intelligentsia filtered into the wedding hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Smoke from blazes in northwestern Ontario has filtered down to Toronto, the provincial capital.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Her grandmother snored in the swing bed on the other side of the room, taking in each breath as though it was filtered through a handful of muck.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

On Friday, attention turns to August consumer price figures for the Tokyo metropolitan area that will indicate if higher oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict are filtering through to broader consumer costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

In DKD, the kidneys are already dealing with elevated pressure and hyperfiltration, a condition in which their filtering structures are placed under excessive strain.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

Dr Bloomer says "significant sunspot activity" is visible with solar filtering but that you need magnification when viewing with the naked eye.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Researchers found last year that filtering biothreat-related text from training data makes models ignorant about the topic, but they caution it isn’t a silver bullet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The moonlight filtering in lit up silver puddles and sprays of cobweb.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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