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The former included the use of platform filtering systems to sift out abusive, profane or hurtful language.

After shearing, Begay uses a long platform made of chicken wire to sift out bits of wool that aren’t the right length.

This could create flexible bandages that change shape as wounds heal or water filters that can be fine-tuned to sift out certain particles.

The freedom fighter quote came up during oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Feb. 22 in a case testing whether Twitter can be sued by family of victims of terrorism for failing to sift out terrorist content.

The four men and eight women selected so far emerged from an exacting process, including a 32-part questionnaire and one-on-one questioning, designed to sift out candidates with immutable opinions about the Republican former president and his company, the Trump Organization.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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