How to Use sifting in a Sentence
sifting
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From our sifting -- we found-- parts of the device itself, wiring.
—CBS News, 30 May 2017
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Though sifting has been used in other papers, it had never been tried on the three-term progression problem.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
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This week has already seen a sifting of candidates, with dozens of M.P.s retiring.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2019
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Since then, careful sifting has yielded bones from a wide range of local animal species.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
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Not that Ferrell was averse to a careful re-sifting of the historical evidence.
—James Grant, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2018
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The data was built from a digital sifting of public property records in all U.S. counties.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022
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Nonetheless, just as mud is a good place to find gold nuggets, Netflix, with some careful sifting, is a good place to find great movies, and a viewer with no other platforms at hand could keep busy and happy there for quite a while.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2020
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No more sifting through your purse or makeup bag for your favorite lip gloss and liner, these see-thru organizers will keep your essentials in perfect view.
—Jennifer Ford, Essence, 9 Apr. 2020
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For example, Dearie apparently proposed that both sides complete their sifting of the documents and proposals for how to label them by Oct. 7.
—Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2022
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Once the automated data-sifting is complete, human analysis takes over, Khan says.
—Eric Niiler, Wired, 25 Jan. 2020
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Landlubber options include an excellent half-pound burger paved with Gruyère and enlivened by tarragon mayo, the accompanying fries given a sifting of Cajun spices.
—Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 10 July 2019
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The children take turns dumping their baskets over a rudimentary sifting tool — a large piece of netting with a wooden frame — that reveals handfuls of mica, a shimmery mineral composite that’s been forming underground for hundreds of years.
—Lexy Lebsack, refinery29.com, 31 May 2020
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Inconsistent sifting and finding targets as move blocker.
—Nathaniel Cline, cleveland.com, 8 Mar. 2018
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Yet performance art is found in Laib’s ritualistic gathering, sifting and pouring.
—Associated Press, WIRED, 20 June 2001
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The sharply dueling narratives showed that the impeachment battle will be one of bitter political messaging as much as impartial sifting of evidence.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2019
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Scallops — given a sifting of dehydrated porcini mushroom powder — came atop a raft of apple-cauliflower puree bolstered with sundried cherries and pancetta, making for a savory, Thanksgiving kind of complement.
—Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 3 July 2021
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