sifter
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Lay your paper heart or other design atop the cake, load up a couple tablespoons of powdered confectioners’ sugar into a sifter or fine-mesh sieve, and let it snow.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
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 instance, if you're using oat flour or mesquite flour, you will want to use a sifter, as these flours tend to clump.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2021
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
Other years, jobs like Pipeworks laborer, trash sifter, and mold scraper were mixed in.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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Three men with metal detectors and sifters swept through the sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Processing rooms hold sifters where Beta Hatch sorts the insects.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2017
There are sifters for sale, but anyone can make one.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2016
The Chrysalis staff, accompanied by Lauren Chu, combed through the dirt with the aid of giant box sifters.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2016
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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