- present participle of filter.
Example Sentences
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Filtering that further, when the U.S. economy wasn’t in recession around a rate cut, the average 12-month return for the S&P 500 increased to 18%, with gains in all 21 periods.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
Filtering all that through the character of Benji gave Eisenberg exactly what he needed.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024
Filtering out extreme material looks set to be an ongoing problem for X.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023
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
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