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[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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Vance pleaded unfamiliarity, explaining that “sometimes information doesn’t filter up to me.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The charity appealed, which was initially denied - but after several weeks the post "suddenly reappeared" behind a sensitivity filter.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“You’re missing the performance because you’re not there as it unfolds, but you can still see the result face-to-face, without the filter of a video or photograph,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

It could be a while before the latest rounds of rate-hike requests filter into utility bills, said Charles Hua, founder and executive director of PowerLines.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

And I guess I’d forgotten to turn my filter back on after all that honesty, because without really thinking, I said, “Because he has skinny legs?”

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Women's health creators and charities have told us their content has been removed, had sensitivity filters added, or had its reach suppressed - a practice known as "shadowbanning".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

This morning, the dust on the window filters the light as it beams in, bathing their daily routine in a kind of soft glow.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

The artists’ perspective, filtered through a Gen Z lens, struck a multigenerational nerve.

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

And instead of relying on the local soil, they would pot the plants in a material made from coconut fiber, with nutrients and filtered water provided via drip-irrigation technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Tim Andrews said the transplant gave him "hope" and spared him months of needing to go to hospital to have his blood filtered by a dialysis machine.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Soon, in the dim light that filtered in around his body, he glimpsed the tips of white whiskers.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I explained why younger people may actually adapt to AI more effectively than adults because they already inhabit worlds saturated with information, filtering and digital manipulation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

According to the researchers, this imbalance could increase pressure inside the filtering structures and potentially contribute to continued kidney damage.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

The sunlight filtering through them dappled the hall with shimmering lace.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord


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