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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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They can build retention ponds or swales to filter out contaminants before water percolates underground.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

In cities across the Midwest and Northeast, people wore masks outdoors to filter out the dangerous air.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

The “Little House” devotees who prefer to write off the books’ dips into racism by accepting them as a reflection of a time in America may also have been influenced by the TV show’s filter.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Customers filter in and out, many of them regulars who know the staff by name.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

I shoveled tea from the bright orange tin into the filter basket, topped it with two scoops of rock sugar, and tucked it under the spigot.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

“We have replaced the air filters at the schools that are impacted,” Supt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Citing the reduced risk, Anthropic said its automated safety filters will intervene roughly 85 percent less often on Opus 5 than on Fable 5, the Mythos-class model it released last month.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

AI filters block candidates whose résumés don’t contain certain key words, and the traditional cover letter no longer gives candidates as much of a leg up as it once did.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

The site and app are entirely free, but two paid tiers offer more profile customization, filters and features, all with zero third-party ads.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

The light snapped off, and I blinked away the blindness until I saw three figures, each wearing jeans, a T-shirt, and a mask with two circular filters.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Together, these tools automatically filtered vast amounts of data before researchers performed additional analysis.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

She shakes out our hair on the euphoric Good For The Soul, and throws shapes to the filtered grooves of Love Sensation, external.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

One thing we didn’t want to bring was a travel crib, so I filtered carefully for vacation rentals that had one.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The sun set early in winter, but a little light still filtered in through the lace curtains Aunt Rose had crocheted long ago when she and her husband had first been married.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

The Rightmove data suggests that fewer tenants are proactively filtering for pet-friendly properties when searching for a home.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

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

These cells appear to improve attention by filtering out distractions and directing the brain toward the most important information.

From Science Daily Jun. 24, 2026

Founded long before the generative AI boom created the risk of calls using "deepfake" voices resembling real friends or family, the company is now working on filtering potentially fraudulent conversations.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

The early light came filtering palely through the wood, making the tree trunks like watered silk.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill




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