filter
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While neurotypical brains naturally filter out much of the sensory and social noise they don’t need, autistic brains take more of it in and have to consciously decide what to use and what to ignore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
He says this creates a "perfect storm" because AI is then more likely to be used to filter through a large volume of applications.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Read through such a filter, Big Drum becomes another catalyst.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Vance pleaded unfamiliarity, explaining that “sometimes information doesn’t filter up to me.”
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Only stories of love pass through our post-mortal filter, yet even then, we are baffled by the intensity of longing and loss that threatens those mortal tales of love.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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These filters reduced an enormous collection of possibilities to 373 prohormones, making experimental testing much more practical.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Attackers avoid these filters by using open-source models, which anyone can download and strip of safeguards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Caltrans is also working with the Los Angeles Unified School District to distribute air filters to schools in the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Women's health creators and charities have told us their content has been removed, had sensitivity filters added, or had its reach suppressed - a practice known as "shadowbanning".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Twice the crew had to set the helicopter down again and clear out air filters.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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The general losses in New York filtered through to Asia in the morning but some markets staged a comeback as the day progressed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
By the end, Bobby begins to have his own wants, curiosities and desires, Luster said — all filtered through a desperation to help and connect with Dina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
From there, medbeds filtered out to the rest of the secret-space-program community and to other alternative subcultures, including the New Age world.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
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
His gaze narrowed as it dragged over tree trunks and up to the lush green canopy where sunlight filtered through.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Twilight was filtering through Ohio’s leafy Cuyahoga Valley National Park as my husband and I parked our minivan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
I realized I was nervous and not filtering my words very well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
It holds huge amounts of water, slowing rain as it moves downhill, reducing flooding and filtering out sediment before it reaches the reservoir.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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
Here, after talking with many experts, filtering many views, it seems there is one rule.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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