SIEVE Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

sieve

verb

Definition of sieve

as in to filter

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Recent Examples of sieve After sufficient brewing time, pour the tea into the pitcher through a fine mesh filter or sieve to remove the loose leaves or take out and throw out the whole tea bags. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 June 2026 Traitors is about the gullible and the skeptical working together to sieve the fraudulent from the truthful, an amalgamated nightmare of village idiots locking themselves in the stocks and pelting each other with rotten fruit. — Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026

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Diseases that damage the kidneys and impair their ability to filter blood were blamed for 55,081 deaths in 2024.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Afternoon sun floods through the windows, filtered by gauzy curtains.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of filter

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For Warsh, all of these data points, plus others from various agencies, present a complicated mosaic that his task forces will have to sift through.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 July 2026
Then, aided by technology and evolving search parameters, police sift through for potential suspects.

— Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

Definition of sift

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Other schools opted to use the grant funds to upgrade their visitor management platforms, which screens guests who enter the buildings.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Riders are screened before competitions and anyone considered too inexperienced is denied entry.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of screen

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Trump’s fury — and his threats — are straining the 77-year-old NATO alliance.

— Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Tension within the House of Windsor have been strained ever since Harry and Meghan gave up royal duties and moved to California to pursue lucrative media deals free from the pressures of royal life in London.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026

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