sieves

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present tense third-person singular of sieve
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  1. filters
  2. screens
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  • As sunlight filters through Earth’s atmosphere before reaching the lunar surface, blue light is scattered away while red wavelengths continue onward, bathing the moon in pinkish, copper and crimson tones.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • NewStreet likes Micron's price-to-overhead ratio that filters out some of the noise from supply-sensitive margin variance.
    — Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask,Justina Lee,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • Veteran director-producer Marc Turtletaub returns to feature filmmaking this year with Borges and Me, which screens this weekend in one of the primetime Out of Competition spots at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Coincidentally, Sumit runs Cancer Check Labs, a charity and business that screens firefighters for cancer risks associated with their profession.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
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