sift

That’s a lovely way to describe it, and “Clayface” does have decent ideas for those game to sift through the muck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

But while AI could boost the efficiency and use of renewables, the technology has long been used by oil and gas companies to sift through geological data, identify underground reservoirs and streamline fossil fuel production.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Hey Siri, play that song Eric texted me about” prompted the assistant to sift through messages to find the requested track, then play the Bad Bunny song with lyrics highlighted on screen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Cottell added it would take "months and months" to sift through all the photos, but the charity would write up a report of its findings.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

AI sifts through tens of millions of records of data for marketers, who then create AI agents that carry out complex marketing tasks.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

She is talking about her late husband's former employer as she sifts through a pile of letters from his pension company.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

Meticulous in his habits and wedded to his routines, George loves the sterile formality of the police interview room, where, unmoved by the emotional outbursts of others, he patiently sifts fact from fabrication.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

Los Angeles Times columnist Glenn Whipp sifts through the lead actress contenders and the Oscar shortlists in the Friday edition of his newsletter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025

Ambrose sifts through his many pockets before producing two sleek silver phones.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

Villagers living nearby have long sifted through the mine’s waste rock hunting for overlooked gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Agents sifted through hundreds of thousands of records seized during Kao’s arrest and found that many were consistent with his account of widespread influence peddling.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

However when the team sifted through their data, they found that at certain wavelengths, the object's light simply disappeared.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

In an abandoned luxury apartment in the Syrian capital Damascus, armed men dressed in military fatigues sifted through designer clothes and documents.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Miguel plucked up a handful of grass, sifted through it as if looking for something he’d dropped.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Employers use them to save time sifting through applications, but there are growing concerns that these tools could be biased.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Instead, it was a layered cake made from whipping butter and sugar until it was frothy and then sifting in the dry ingredients.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

According to the logline, this discovery kicks off an “adventure of a lifetime” — and I’m curious what that might mean for people whose careers presumably involve carefully sifting through old dirt all day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Telegram channels -- sifting through intelligence data -- close the information gap, putting out daily forecasts on the probability of different types of attacks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

I’m sitting across from her with a pot of dry beans, sifting for little rocks.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina