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as in to clarify
to remove usually visible impurities from
after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again
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as in purifier
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Recent Examples of filter
Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
Below ground, additional spaces feature a gym and home office, where natural light is filtered into these lower areas through subtle openings at ground level.
—Bridget Borgobello
may 02, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2026
These filters are designed to comply with U.S. domestic laws that assume every American lives in one of the 50 states.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Verb
The condition results in a buildup of protein in the kidneys that can prevent the organs from filtering waste from the blood, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
Below ground, additional spaces feature a gym and home office, where natural light is filtered into these lower areas through subtle openings at ground level.
—Bridget Borgobello
may 02, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
Noun
Hits to energy infrastructure by U.S.-Israeli and Iranian forces have sent untold amounts of oil into the Persian Gulf—enough for the spills to be visible from space—which risks clogging up desalination pipes and fouling filters, Low says.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2026
These filters are designed to comply with U.S. domestic laws that assume every American lives in one of the 50 states.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filter
Verb
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Many soybean farmers rely on China to purchase their crops, but a trade war in 2025 strained this relationship.—
Star Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Peña, who strained his hamstring last month, is nearing a minor-league rehab assignment and could return to the major-league roster late next week.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
Verb
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That moment was supposed to clarify the boundaries of acceptable discourse.—
Alma Hernandez,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Officials later clarified that a meth lab was never located inside Wells Hall.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Between the top and bottom halves of the purifier, there's a power button, a Deep Clean button, and a small, round RGB LED screen that displays air quality statistics.—
John R. Delaney,
PC Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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Basically, whole-house filtration through the HVAC system, and later a dedicated room purifier running nonstop in the living room.—
Joe Salas
April 25,
New Atlas,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Brazilian nonprofit NoHarm’s prescription-review tool, deployed across 200+ hospitals and screening millions of prescriptions monthly, illustrates both the value at stake and the scale at which a single failure mode would harm patients.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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No one’s sitting in the HR office at the Denver Zoo screening resumes at midnight.—
Michelle Dally,
Denver Post,
2 May 2026
Verb
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To source that special blend, the state depends on in-state refineries or importing fuel refined to that standard from abroad.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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Consider the time of year and day when damage occurs to further refine your identification.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Death is not a glitch, but a clarifier.—
Arianna Huffington,
Time,
16 Feb. 2026
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At the time of the incident, EPA investigators found crude oil in the treatment plant’s aeration basins, its final clarifier tanks and its fats, oils and greases handling facility.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl, pressing down on pulp with your hands to extract as much juice as possible.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 May 2026
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Compared to apples or pears, which require extracting and cleaning multiple seeds from the core, these single pits make seed-saving far more straightforward.—
Rachel Silva,
Martha Stewart,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Each bar is typically stamped with key details, including its weight, purity and the refiner’s hallmark.—
Jessica Walrack,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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As a refiner, your profit lives in the spread between these two prices.—
Karl Montevirgen,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Filter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filter. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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