Example Sentences

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Filtering those traces from soil, air or water paints a picture of what has passed through.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Filtering is the first step in looking for phage, next they get served dinner – a cocktail of yummy bacteria - to help them grow in number.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Filtering should be a tailored approach, said Brian Campbell, founder of Water Filter Guru, which lab-tests and reports on residential water treatment methods and products.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2024

Filtering and organizing content, of course, is precisely what algorithms do.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2023

The Ubiquity of Filtering and Coincidence Broadly understood, the study of filtering is nothing less than the study of psychology.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos