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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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Experts recommend specifically designed eclipse glasses which filter UV rays that meet the standard ISO 12312-2:2015.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 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

Thirty minutes later, she was changing the car’s dirty air filter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

They can build retention ponds or swales to filter out contaminants before water percolates underground.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

"The vessels help the sangsues filter and share more of their purifying secretions with you."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

Smith said: "Make sure its got the right protection and filters to stop any damage because any damage you get, it'll never heal. It's not like cutting your hand."

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

AI filters block candidates whose résumés don’t contain certain key words, and the traditional cover letter no longer gives candidates as much of a leg up as it once did.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

I used C02 filters to regulate the atmosphere, and brought enough oxygen and water for the whole trip.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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 performance will touch on the comedian’s experience moving to Ireland, the challenges of cultural differences and her relationship with her nonbinary child, all filtered through her characteristic humor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Together, these tools automatically filtered vast amounts of data before researchers performed additional analysis.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

In Toronto, earlier in the tournament, the sound of matches filtered out onto the streets from local bars, and fans held joyous and colourful marches to Toronto Stadium through the downtown area.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Beside her, Ekon was staring up at the canopy of trees, now allowing filtered light to shine through.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“The lagged pass-through of higher energy, logistics and imported input costs from Gulf War shocks are still filtering through to prices,” the economists add.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Although the survey produced millions of potential detections, none survived all of the filtering steps.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 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

The theory behind it is how it separates teams on the result of the match between them, filtering out potentially big scorelines from other matches which can skew goal difference.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Well, she continued, the trees are filtering the sraf as it moves through them, and some of it is attracted to the flowers.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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