filter out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“The courts routinely permit states to filter out candidates who are ‘frivolous.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Creating these abstractions involves difficult maths, but essentially they filter out useless information, just leaving the AI with useful pictures of the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
If there were a statewide measure for commercial businesses, many would probably have to build retention ponds or swales to filter out contaminants before water percolates underground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The New York Fed’s multivariate core trend model External link, which uses statistical techniques to filter out noise, measured 4% percent in April.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Their mouths went dry from breathing in the ash-filled air, and they pulled their shirts up and over their heads to help filter out what particles they could.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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