Example Sentences

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As special master, Dearie will sift through more than 11,000 documents, identifying which documents are protected by attorney-client privilege and executive privilege.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2022

Like Telling Lies and Her Story, Immortality is a game composed of full-motion videos and films that the player will sift through to solve the disappearance of a famous actress.

From The Verge • Mar. 16, 2022

There, nine fine minds will sift the complexities of federal and state responsibilities.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2020

Concerned that reports of clinical trials can exaggerate a treatment’s benefits and downplay its risks, two research groups will sift through data from tests of drugs involving thousands of people with chronic pain or depression.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 23, 2019

For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sleve: and there shall not a little stone fall to the ground.

From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 35: Amos The Challoner Revision by