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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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Messi trusts the people who run them, some of them with him since his early days at Barcelona, and a thorough filter means he only gets offered and chooses what he is comfortable with.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

What is your internal filter for spotting rising talent and has this changed over the years?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Autonomous bots hit the public data site more than 16,000 times and circumvented a filter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Higher prices for a barrel of oil take time to filter down to retail gas prices, but a look at the oil market’s “prompt spread” shows bigger gas bills look likely.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

After a few minutes, he said, “Where were we? Ah, yes. Fetch me that filter, won’t you?”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Qualifying residents will also receive air filters to mitigate pollution from diesel and heavy construction equipment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“No staff filters, no bureaucratic dilution — a direct line to the secretary,” Hegseth said.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

A blanket ban on all cosmetic filters for children will also be put in place.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The filters clog at low speeds or cold temperatures; burner units pack up; the sensors break constantly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

But I’m sure a faint glow filters through the middle of the stone.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

By the end, Bobby begins to have his own wants, curiosities and desires, Luster said — all filtered through a desperation to help and connect with Dina.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

From there, medbeds filtered out to the rest of the secret-space-program community and to other alternative subcultures, including the New Age world.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Chris Lofts, the site manager, said the waste was first filtered before having water added and being fed into a digester to create methane.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

As the big day approached, Aschenbrenner’s friends, former colleagues and fellow members of the Silicon Valley intelligentsia filtered into the wedding hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

We were expected not just to be smart but to own our smartness—to inhabit it with pride—and this filtered down to how we spoke.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

“So you get this sort of idea of a filtering through the supply chain, a filtering into other areas of the economy that would broaden the base of expansion.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

I realized I was nervous and not filtering my words very well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

It holds huge amounts of water, slowing rain as it moves downhill, reducing flooding and filtering out sediment before it reaches the reservoir.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Yet when it comes to the ways AI is filtering into Americans’ jobs, many workers are looking at a trickle so far, rather than a flood.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

The sunlight, filtering through innumerable leaves, was still hot on their faces.

From "1984" by George Orwell


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