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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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Higher prices for a barrel of oil take time to filter down to retail gas prices, but a look at the oil market’s “prompt spread” shows bigger gas bills look likely.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Wastewater treatment plants in the U.S. and Mexico filter some of the contaminants, but those facilities have failed over the past decade and released hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the river.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

But these days, the two brothers are very much outsiders—playing the role of agitators in the kind of drama that can erupt in wealthy families as sizable fortunes filter down through the generations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

"I think it's important to filter it in so that everyone benefits from it," she said.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Below a certain age, kids don’t have enough guile to filter what their parents tell them in private.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Teens wouldn’t be able to use extreme makeup filters.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Like counts would be hidden by default and cosmetic surgery filters barred.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Snapchat filters and images shared in group chats suggest that many teenagers - and those not so young - are simply having harmless fun with the trend.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Singapore inflation figures on Monday will likely show that price growth accelerated in July as the energy shock filters through.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Snow filters into the car and melts on the dashboard.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Tim Andrews said the transplant gave him "hope" and spared him months of needing to go to hospital to have his blood filtered by a dialysis machine.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Flores, whose only public comments had for months been filtered through his legal team, agreed to speak with The Times, detailing the toll that the prior year and a half had taken on him.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 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

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

The curtains were still open, and the only light in the room came from the moonlight filtered in through the window.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

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

Dr Bloomer says "significant sunspot activity" is visible with solar filtering but that you need magnification when viewing with the naked eye.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Researchers found last year that filtering biothreat-related text from training data makes models ignorant about the topic, but they caution it isn’t a silver bullet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Looking up I could see faint moonlight filtering in through drain grates far overhead.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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