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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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He says this creates a "perfect storm" because AI is then more likely to be used to filter through a large volume of applications.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

“You’re missing the performance because you’re not there as it unfolds, but you can still see the result face-to-face, without the filter of a video or photograph,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

It could be a while before the latest rounds of rate-hike requests filter into utility bills, said Charles Hua, founder and executive director of PowerLines.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

The memory feels fuzzy, like I’m looking through a soft-focus filter, but I give him every detail I can remember about what Brian did.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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

Women's health creators and charities have told us their content has been removed, had sensitivity filters added, or had its reach suppressed - a practice known as "shadowbanning".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“No staff filters, no bureaucratic dilution — a direct line to the secretary,” Hegseth said.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

In practical terms, the test confirmed that ground teams can remotely control the instrument's various systems, including movable mechanisms that position its masks, color filters, lenses, and prisms.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

It just tumbled out, my sleepy mind having shut down all my filters.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

The artists’ perspective, filtered through a Gen Z lens, struck a multigenerational nerve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 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

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

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

There in the moonlight, as the music filtered through the air, sat the bunny, his eyes intense and staring, an unearthly aura about them.

From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

It holds huge amounts of water, slowing rain as it moves downhill, reducing flooding and filtering out sediment before it reaches the reservoir.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

I explained why younger people may actually adapt to AI more effectively than adults because they already inhabit worlds saturated with information, filtering and digital manipulation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

The spare room is shadowy even with the sunlight filtering through the small windows.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed


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