How to Use filtration in a Sentence

filtration

noun
  • One of my favorite features of this bowl is the filtration.
    Rachel Trujillo, Peoplemag, 14 July 2024
  • This approach hides filtration, often behind rock walls or in the floor of the pool.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2023
  • With three stages of filtration, the machine sucks out smoke, germs, dust, pollen, and dander.
    Melissa Epifano, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The crux of the innovation, though, is the Safeback SBX air filtration system.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Air filtration systems are not always turned on while the plane is on the ground — that's why planes can feel quite stuffy while they're parked at the gate.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Even more unique, the home has a filtration system designed by NASA.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 July 2024
  • The underside of the house is, in fact, a giant reservoir with a filtration system.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
  • High filtration means the mask does a good job of protecting you from those particles and droplets.
    Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In the upper right part of your abdomen, the liver is your body's filtration system.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Without it, the city would need to spend $6 billion to build filtration plants that would then cost $250 million per year to maintain.
    Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 27 June 2023
  • The home is the first in Texas to feature Delos air and water filtration systems, Carroll said.
    Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Young Slo-Be croons in the background as the solution dribbles down through the filtration system.
    Ella Quittner, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2022
  • Not all venues have the resources to do this, but the benefits increase with greater filtration rates, so the closer to this ideal, the better.
    Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2022
  • It's equipped with a whole-machine HEPA filtration system.
    Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
  • This namesake wine is made from 100 percent Syrah that is aged for one year in oak casks and then bottled without filtration.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The special sake used to be brewed through viaa drip filtration in an igloo on the far northern island of Hokkaido.
    Jordan MacKay, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2023
  • As for filtration of the ethanol fumes, Jack Daniel's says that's not currently possible.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Sometimes additives are used to augment that flavor since the filtration process can strip that out as well.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2023
  • And while humans have water filtration, wildlife does not.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN, 29 May 2022
  • The lack of power plus turbid water at filtration plants cut off water service for more two-thirds of the island.
    Kaitlyn Koterbski, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • And, with its four-stage filtration system and high-efficiency filter, the vacuum works to keep the air in the house cleaner, too.
    Mia Huelsbeck, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The device has a three-stage filtration system that captures everything from pollen and dust to pet dander and mold spores.
    Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022
  • The empty floors upstairs are layered with boastful stickers such as the one about the building’s A-plus air filtration system.
    Conor Dougherty, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The empty floors upstairs are layered with boastful stickers like the one about the building’s A-plus air filtration system.
    Emma Goldberg Aaron Wojack, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The park fills its pools once at the start of the summer season and recirculates the water through its filtration system and pumps, Gieszl said.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • While waiting for Westlake officers to respond, the woman drove through the gate and onto the filtration plant grounds.
    cleveland, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The three-stage filtration system catches particles up to 0.3 microns in size and has a true HEPA filter.
    Kelsey Kunik, Parents, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Instead of teeth, they are filled with long spikes, possibly hairs, that act less like chomping teeth and more like filtration systems.
    Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
  • This whiskey, produced from a 95% rye mash bill, undergoes the Lincoln County maple charcoal filtration process.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The staging of chronic kidney disease is classified based on the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which measures how well the kidneys are filtering blood.
    Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024

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