filter

Example Sentences

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It could serve as an alternative to certain synthetic UV filters that raise environmental concerns, helping advance the development of more eco-friendly sunscreens.

From Science Daily

“It usually takes 18 months for monetary actions to filter into the real economy. We don’t know what the Fed will do next, but we already have lower borrowing costs,” Bartolini said.

From MarketWatch

His obsessiveness quickly filtered through every part of the program.

From The Wall Street Journal

I've always wanted to ask you this question: My Nespresso has been coming out kind of watery, and I'm wondering, is it like a pod issue, or do you think it might be the filter?

From BBC

It’s there that the baleen filter feeders spend the summer gorging on tiny crustaceans from the muddy bottom of the Bering, Chuckchi and Beaufort seas, creating shallow pits or potholes in the process.

From Los Angeles Times