sift out
Example Sentences
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The central compartment of the Litter-Robot rotates in place to sift out litter and deposit clumps in a bag that’s in a drawer in the base of the litter robot.
From The Verge • Mar. 26, 2022
To sift out precious minerals, engineers often blow air bubbles through the material in a setup called a bubbling fluidized bed—and a new twist could make this costly process more efficient.
From Scientific American • Nov. 30, 2021
Structures honed by eons of evolution can provide inspiration to engineers — the spectacularly uncloggable filters of the manta ray, for example, may provide a way to sift out plastic pollution before it reaches waterways.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2021
In test tubes, they put the spike through an immunity trial, exposing it to successive rounds of antibodies designed to sift out versions of the spike capable of avoiding neutralization.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2021
Grandma would sift out the mean ones, which were few and far between.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
