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[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

"And if you're taking pictures with your phone or looking through a telescope or binoculars, you have to get a solar filter… because the UV light can destroy the lens," he said.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

During normal times when there is no eclipse, scientists study the Sun's atmosphere with satellites equipped with a coronagraph -- "a filter that blocks out the photosphere", Brun explained.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 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

Kelton and I grumble and moan about it, trying to filter our whole experience with Henry through this new lens, and decide it’s not worth it.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Amid ongoing concerns, district officials have assured parents schools are safe, campuses have been sanitized and high-grade air filters installed.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The club warned people not to attempt to look through binoculars or telescopes which did not have proper solar filters as they could collect more light than the human eye could cope with, risking blindness.

From BBC Aug. 11, 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

She calculated the numbers using a few key filters: first, she used personal consumption expenditure, the Fed’s stated preferred measure of inflation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

The fairy filters rigged over his eyes revealed that there were no warm bodies approaching.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Cross polarized light microscopy uses specially filtered light to reveal structures that may be difficult to see with ordinary microscopy.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

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

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

As word filtered through the building that she'd arrived, more and more of them made their way to the picnic tables outside and hovered around Lindsey.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

The Rightmove data suggests that fewer tenants are proactively filtering for pet-friendly properties when searching for a home.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

That timing control helps researchers focus on periods when genuine scintillation light is most likely to be present while filtering out random background signals and other spurious counts.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 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

In economies like the Philippines, problems with energy supplies have already started filtering through to transport and food prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

His brown shoes shine in the light filtering through the windows.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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