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Kelly pulls out his phone to show me a video of a woman whose account is dedicated to sharing puzzling life advice while she appears under an extreme beauty filter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
An unusually large amount of smoke in the air from nearby forest fires acted like an additional atmospheric filter.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Gas prices filter through to everything, but especially food,” Owens said.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
It added that the remaining 0.02% margin is not a "real-world misidentification rate", but a boundary where additional human checks filter out potential errors before alerts are sent.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Papa should have replaced my filter when he replaced our fridge’s because mine is obviously completely worn out.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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Roman's Coronagraphic Instrument will use masks, prisms, detectors, filters, and self-flexing mirrors to demonstrate technologies capable of suppressing starlight.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
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
So I'll rely on 02 and C02 filters for Sirius 4.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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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
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
ECB policymakers are watching closely for signs that higher energy costs have filtered through to other parts of the economy, which would reinforce their case for keeping interest rates higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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
The light filtered through, a shaded green, and the sound of water wended its way imperceptibly into our consciousness.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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On Friday, attention turns to August consumer price figures for the Tokyo metropolitan area that will indicate if higher oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict are filtering through to broader consumer costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This prominence emitted strongly in light associated with hydrogen, allowing its original bright pink color to survive despite the atmospheric filtering.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
While government measures have softened the hit from surging oil costs, policymakers expect higher energy prices to start filtering through to a wider array of consumer goods over the summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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
Discarded, the plastic mask had recycled itself, turning into pink dust, which the carpet in the elevator was already filtering away.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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