filtering

Example Sentences

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What may really be stopping Spotify from embracing labelling and filtering is economics, speculate many.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

It was a small, worm-like animal that spent most of its time in one place, feeding by filtering plankton from seawater.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Some of the criticism may be filtering up to the president, who has grumbled that Iran is still throttling most shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Details of the rescue are filtering out through the press, and one lesson is the importance of training and planning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

I referred some of my e-mailers to peacefire.org, a children’s rights website, for help in dealing with blocking and filtering software.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz