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filter

verb as in separate to refine; seep through

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It represents a failure of the Republican Party to filter out candidates who are egregiously unfit for office.

From Salon

The company’s clients pay a minimum of $5,900 to help them filter suitors out and guide them through the dating process.

From Slate

When the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its stock to trade publicly, it realized that its best business case was that Truth Social would be the place for Trump’s fans to hear from him directly and without a filter.

From Slate

The mollusks are efficient filter feeders and can increase the clarity of water by consuming large quantities of plankton, which native fish and other creatures depend on.

Instead, the intervening years have witnessed these ideologies filter into the mainstream, with the U.S. at the forefront of democracy’s global battle for survival.

From Slate

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

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