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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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Kelly pulls out his phone to show me a video of a woman whose account is dedicated to sharing puzzling life advice while she appears under an extreme beauty filter.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

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

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

It added that the remaining 0.02% margin is not a "real-world misidentification rate", but a boundary where additional human checks filter out potential errors before alerts are sent.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

“However, these temporary tailwinds are likely to fade… Growth is expected to moderate in the coming months as the impact of higher prices and borrowing costs filter through to households and businesses,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The sun appeared, spreading a golden filter across the concrete and warming the back of my head.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

Meta said it would also give teens the ability to not play content automatically, hide likes and reactions and block teens from using extreme makeup filters, which can potentially harm a person’s self-esteem.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

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

“Without epiderm filters, this sort of physical anomaly happens.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

On the first day, worker bees filtered out 95% of the pesticide and transferred it into the honeycomb.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

The words are filtered through each reader’s own individuality.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

That optimism filtered through to Asia, where Seoul -- which has been at the forefront of extreme volatility in the tech sector over the past month -- climbed more than four percent.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

In response, the grootslang drew itself up to its full height, blotting out what little light filtered through the trees.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

While government measures have softened the hit from surging oil costs, policymakers expect higher energy prices to start filtering through to a wider array of consumer goods over the summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

According to the researchers, this imbalance could increase pressure inside the filtering structures and potentially contribute to continued kidney damage.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 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

From between the musty folds of the cloaks, they watched the teachers filtering into the room.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling




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