filter
noun
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
filtering
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present participleof filter.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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This helps explain why the treatment reduced both substances, even though they do not rely on the same filtering mechanism.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Twilight was filtering through Ohio’s leafy Cuyahoga Valley National Park as my husband and I parked our minivan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
By Thursday, she’s ready to start filtering through what she’s collected, and on Fridays and Saturdays, she fills out the applications.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
I realized I was nervous and not filtering my words very well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
His skin shifted colors and shades, dappled in the autumn light filtering through the trees, and sometimes he matched the trees around him so well that it looked like he was made of bark.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
