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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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A quarter-point increase would take a few months to filter through to annual percentage rates on existing accounts, according to Matt Schulz, chief consumer-finance analyst at LendingTree.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Inflation can weigh on growth and the OBR has forecast that prices are set to rise at a faster pace as higher energy bills filter through supply chains and to consumers, especially in 2027.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The 41-year-old finalist submitted two takes: one where he didn’t filter his accent, and another he thought would be slightly more legible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Read through such a filter, Big Drum becomes another catalyst.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Feeble sunlight pressed through the filter of clouds.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

“Most people are looking for freeze-dried food and wind-up radios from us, but also a lot of water purification tablets, water filters and the like.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

But then the models’ safety filters went on, and the models refused to help any further.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Humyn Labs filters the thousands of hours of video supplied by those collectors, selecting the most useful content.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The team then evaluated the element wheel, a rotating mechanism equipped with filters and other optical components.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Without epiderm filters, this sort of physical anomaly happens.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The ongoing impact of the Iran war, primarily on the cost of energy and fuel, has filtered through to the UK inflation rate.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The general losses in New York filtered through to Asia in the morning but some markets staged a comeback as the day progressed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The filtered water is reused, and the chips break down with the worm castings into a soil amendment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 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

A big group of witches filtered into the crowd, led by Thorn’s and Seven’s parents.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

“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 single streak of silver in his hair catches some of the light filtering in from his windows.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu


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