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as in to inspect
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While recipes and tips vary slightly, it is generally made by soaking uncooked rice in cold water and then sifting away the rice.
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Alice Rosati, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
Ingredients 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
2 tsp.
—Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
Fragile items can shatter, and anything that’s innately sharp will put whoever is sifting through the box in jeopardy.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2024
Since 2010, the leading paint brand has helped designers and consumers sift through swatches by proclaiming an annual Color of the Year.
—Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2024
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These raw and misguided opinions needed to be filtered through more informed and educated minds.Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Its versatile black-and-white color combination will look great with bold colors or calm neutrals, and the white shade allows for maximum light to filter through for reading, paperwork, or other tasks.Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2024
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The bridge is being inspected by the transportation departments from both sides, the Ohio Department of Transportation and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected a Dongfeng-26 (DF-26) missile brigade under the nuclear-armed Rocket Force of the Chinese military.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Stock screens Morgan Stanley did a few stock screens to sieve out those set to benefit.Weizhen Tan, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
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The sieving methods cannot be generalized so far as to push the result down to N = 2, however.Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 7 June 2024
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To investigate both lines of inquiry, fertility and cancer.Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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During his first administration, Trump tried to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who was investigating Russia's efforts to assist Trump's 2016 campaign, and to impede Mueller's investigation, according to Mueller's report.David Jackson, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Next up is examining gene expression during ethanol consumption and seeking patterns in this among animals known to be attracted to alcohol (some beetles and bats, for example).Rachel Berkowitz, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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With less nuclear medicine studies examining the heart, critical diagnoses could be delayed.Omer Awan, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Produced by Elizabeth Woodward (Another Body) alongside directorial duo Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss (Girls State), The Shepherd and the Bear closed this year’s Camden International Film Festival and will screen next at IDFA.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Her speech in Pittsburgh was screened live to a waiting crowd in Philadelphia, where a final rally would mark the end of her hundred-and-seven-day campaign.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Sift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sift. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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