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sift
verb as in take out residue; remove impurities
Example Sentences
Hundreds of MPs have spent the last few weeks sifting through the evidence, emotions and ethical dilemmas of the bill, with much of the work playing out in town halls and community centres.
Now, MIT engineers have found that one filter feeder has evolved to sift food in ways that could improve the design of industrial water filters.
Hundreds of MPs have spent the last few weeks sifting through the evidence, emotions and ethical dilemmas of the bill.
"We sifted through the clothes that had come to us in donation and picked out all the red items. Then we zeroed in on the outfits we wanted to make and began putting them together."
In a video shared by the president, emergency workers could be seen sifting through the rubble as they continued to search for victims on Tuesday morning.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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