filter out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Other protocols promoted by influencers without medical evidence have included certain supplements, red light therapy, and donating blood to "filter out" microplastics.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
“The courts routinely permit states to filter out candidates who are ‘frivolous.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
The residents started to filter out of the dining room.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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