sifter
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This deeply decadent, fudgy chocolate cake takes just five ingredients and 20 minutes; no sifter, stand mixer, or double boiler in sight.
From Salon ● May 27, 2022
Using a sifter or fine-mesh strainer, sift the flour over the bowl and whisk until almost smooth; a few small lumps are okay.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022
For about 10 days, she has used sifter boxes and shovels — left by a friendly stranger — to search for anything left.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2018
The sifter came from Ikea, and so did my cheap, shiny measuring spoons, and I love those, too.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2017
The pantry door opened sifter a while, and his mother came back into the kitchen.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
One Scout used her Eagle Scout service project to create ash sifters, which the Scouts donated to fire stations in the Palisades and Altadena to help homeowners find valuables in the rubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
A broad Choctaw basket collected in Mississippi resembles the sifters that Naquin’s family used when catching shrimp.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2017
Processing rooms hold sifters where Beta Hatch sorts the insects.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2017
I remember judging a short-story prize where the organisers were so overwhelmed with the number of entries, they employed sifters to reduce the number to an amount they thought the judges could read.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2013
Lina hadn’t thought about it before, but now she wondered about the trash sifters.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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