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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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Energy indirectly impacts core inflation by affecting the cost of production and transportation, which can filter through into prices of goods and services.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

That was true even when we accounted for factors like differences in the amount of time participants spent indoors, with either filter, as well as how stressful they found the test.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

Kelly pulls out his phone to show me a video of a woman whose account is dedicated to sharing puzzling life advice while she appears under an extreme beauty filter.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

"I think it's important to filter it in so that everyone benefits from it," she said.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

It was Mister Ngwata’s job to protect the chief and filter all of his visitors.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

Roman's Coronagraphic Instrument will use masks, prisms, detectors, filters, and self-flexing mirrors to demonstrate technologies capable of suppressing starlight.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

Gravelines, one of the country's biggest nuclear power stations located between Dunkirk and Calais in the Hauts-de-France region, was also closed last August because of jellyfish in its filters.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

It will gradually turn a reddish, copper color as sunlight bends and filters through the atmosphere to fall on the otherwise-obscured part of the moon.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The platform will be required to automatically apply stricter privacy settings to accounts belonging to children under the age of 16, strengthen parental supervision systems, and implement stricter content filters.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

It filters down through the thickest leaves from a generous sky that is never completely dark.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

The words are filtered through each reader’s own individuality.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

That optimism filtered through to Asia, where Seoul -- which has been at the forefront of extreme volatility in the tech sector over the past month -- climbed more than four percent.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Together, these tools automatically filtered vast amounts of data before researchers performed additional analysis.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

The new concoction, meant to promote “restoration,” is a collaboration with Jolie — a New York-based beauty wellness company that sells filtered showerheads.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

Seema and I watched over our new sister in the living room while the morning sun filtered through the windows.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed

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

At the same time, beyond the gas pump and airline terminal, there are few signs these soaring fuel costs are filtering into the broader economy, raising prices for products such as food and clothing.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

Scientists have long thought that worker bees help shield queens from contamination by filtering harmful substances out of the food they provide.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

The light filtering through the grapevines made shadows writhe across the ground like a swarm of bugs.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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