filter
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“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
Never look at the Sun through binoculars, a telescope, or a camera unless a solar filter designed for the front of the instrument is securely attached.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
“If they can filter the salt and fish guts and whale turds out of ocean water, I’m sure they can manage anything left behind by the water polo meatheads,” Kelton says.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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The couple provided their guests with special glasses and filters bought months in advance so they could view the partial eclipse over Suffolk.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“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
Sometimes I sit behind the counter while she cleans the filters of the dryers or sweeps the chipped floor tiles.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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Swiss GDP last contracted in the third quarter of 2025, as the first round of U.S. tariffs filtered through the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
And the gains filtered through to Asia, with Tokyo climbing two percent thanks to healthy advances for Kioxia, Tokyo Electron and Advantest.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Together, these tools automatically filtered vast amounts of data before researchers performed additional analysis.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
The new concoction, meant to promote “restoration,” is a collaboration with Jolie — a New York-based beauty wellness company that sells filtered showerheads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The words filtered in before Conor was even properly awake.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
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“The lagged pass-through of higher energy, logistics and imported input costs from Gulf War shocks are still filtering through to prices,” the economists add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Another filtering step removed signals with signal to noise ratios below 10 or above 100.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Both Rubis and ATF Fuels said recent drops in wholesale costs were now filtering through to local forecourts in Guernsey and Jersey.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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
The light filtering in from above shifts again, and the figure quavers as though she were watching through a heat haze, though Mr. A. H— remains comparatively crisp and clear.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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