sift
verb (used with object)
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
resift
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a word derived from
sift.
Example Sentences
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Their effort instead was to sift and resift the facts until the injury done to Thompson can be pinned on a single bad actor, acting in bad faith.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2011
It is not necessary to sift and resift the evidence touching the morality of the monasteries.
From Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period by Furneaux Jordan
Figures, figures, thousands of figures to sift and resift.
From Half a Rogue by Harold MacGrath
