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sifting

noun as in threshing

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A total of 20,309 eligible entries were submitted for the Grammys' 94 categories this year, and voters will start sifting through the shortlists before casting their ballots in January.

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She visited the site of the house on Thursday afternoon for the first time with a shovel in her hand, sifting through the smoldering ashes looking for anything of sentimental interest.

“It was a matter of sifting through and figuring out what I needed to complete Johnny’s story.”

They might be tempted to burn this game footage, to put this behind them, but this is one of those strange games in which they’ll be sifting through the rubble of … a win?

But his old band is still very much top of mind; he is currently sifting through the band’s vaults, trying to find unused material to release that won’t come off like some cheap cash-in for the fans.

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

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