filter

Example Sentences

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Customers have filtered in asking for the same style recently worn by the president.

From Barron's

The rate data are a leading indicator on where bills will go next, according to Hua, as many of those rate increases still haven’t filtered down into customer bills.

From MarketWatch

By the time a story filters down to “Dateline” or Investigation Discovery, enough years have passed that the victim’s relatives, attorneys and investigators can be persuaded to revisit the worst chapter of their lives.

From Salon

The software then draws from Stewart’s proprietary database of venues, festivals and promoters, filtering options by genre, capacity and geography.

From Los Angeles Times

Mays called “Amadeus” a “memory play,” noting that “every aspect of this production is exploring that — it’s all filtered through the warped, distorted memories and imaginings of its unreliable narrator.”

From Los Angeles Times