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If there were a statewide measure for commercial businesses, many would probably have to build retention ponds or swales to filter out contaminants before water percolates underground.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The New York Fed’s multivariate core trend model External link, which uses statistical techniques to filter out noise, measured 4% percent in April.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
While some data suggest that many employers filter résumés by GPA for entry-level jobs, that’s become much less common.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
Providing a nonstop stream of eccentric social commentary, improbable memories and terrible jokes, Harry is an amiable codger who has no filter whatsoever.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Then reports began to filter in that the fever had appeared in the “out parts” of Philadelphia, what we would call the suburbs.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing filter
"The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas
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