The wise ones fashion speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
Source: tatoeba (5610265)
Sifted
Synonyms for "sifted" (19 found)
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13 entriescleaningdata analysisdata processingevidence reviewevidence selectionevidence synthesisinformation processingliterature synthesisparticle size fractionphysical materialprocessingscholarly synthesisseparation
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19 entriesdata filteringdecontaminationdocument sortingevidence screeningflour sievingimpurity removalsand sievingsifted conclusionssifted cornmealsifted datasetsifted evidencesifted findingssifted floursifted opinionssifted resultssifted rice
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Collocations
8 entriessifted datasifted evidencesifted floursifted powdersifted samplessifted sandsifted sedimentsifted soil
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5 total sentences available.
Tom sifted the warm sand through his fingers.
Source: tatoeba (5610269)
With trembling hands, Santiago sifted through the pictures.
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The folks at the Carnegie Observatories recently stumbled across something rare as they sifted through their archives to help a researcher.
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