filter
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In cities across the Midwest and Northeast, people wore masks outdoors to filter out the dangerous air.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Other protocols promoted by influencers without medical evidence have included certain supplements, red light therapy, and donating blood to "filter out" microplastics.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The “Little House” devotees who prefer to write off the books’ dips into racism by accepting them as a reflection of a time in America may also have been influenced by the TV show’s filter.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
The platforms are attempting to filter out a flood of AI “slop” music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The residents started to filter out of the dining room.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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The site and app are entirely free, but two paid tiers offer more profile customization, filters and features, all with zero third-party ads.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Sunlight filters through the roof, shadows move across the field during the game and it doesn’t feel so enclosed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Hubble images are processed using standard techniques that assign colors based on the wavelengths captured through the telescope's filters.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
“Small issues like dirty filters, blocked vents or restricted airflow can become bigger problems when the system is running constantly,” Shavers said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
I lie among the food packs, water tanks, extra 02 tank, piles of C02 filters, box of pee, bags of shit, and personal items.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Smoke from blazes in northwestern Ontario has filtered down to Toronto, the provincial capital.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Together, these tools automatically filtered vast amounts of data before researchers performed additional analysis.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
The lists were filtered to focus on those over 55 with at least $100,000 in assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Stokes had just completed his 10th successive over in the period after lunch and was fielding at mid-off when the news filtered around Trent Bridge.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
I dropped my decommissioned backpack on the kitchen table and filled the kettle from the pitcher of filtered water I kept on the counter.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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The final planned screening method involved transit filtering.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Both Rubis and ATF Fuels said recent drops in wholesale costs were now filtering through to local forecourts in Guernsey and Jersey.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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
Founded long before the generative AI boom created the risk of calls using "deepfake" voices resembling real friends or family, the company is now working on filtering potentially fraudulent conversations.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Then during the next weeks, stories about Sherman’s march began filtering back, first to the eastern cities and then to the Midwest.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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