Sift
verb
To put a substance through a sieve to remove large pieces.
She sifted the flour into the mixing bowl.
Often appears as...
- sift flour
- sift sugar
verb
To look carefully at something to find something important.
The detective sifted through the evidence to find clues.
Often appears as...
- sift through evidence
- sift through information
verb
To separate or sort something from a group.
He sifted the good apples from the bad ones.
Often appears as...
- sift good from bad
- sift useful from useless
verb
To put a substance through a sieve to remove large pieces.
She sifted the flour into the mixing bowl.
Often appears as...
- sift flour
- sift sugar
verb
To look carefully at something to find something important.
The detective sifted through the evidence to find clues.
Often appears as...
- sift through evidence
- sift through information
verb
To separate or sort something from a group.
He sifted the good apples from the bad ones.
Often appears as...
- sift good from bad
- sift useful from useless
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Pro Tip 1/2Culinary Usage
Often used in cooking to ensure ingredients are fine and lump-free for better texture.
Before making the cake batter, always sift the cocoa powder.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Action
Involves moving back and forth to separate particles; not all substances can be sifted.
To make smooth soup, you might want to sift the stock.
Pro Tip 1/2Culinary Usage
Often used in cooking to ensure ingredients are fine and lump-free for better texture.
Before making the cake batter, always sift the cocoa powder.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Action
Involves moving back and forth to separate particles; not all substances can be sifted.
To make smooth soup, you might want to sift the stock.
Pro Tip 1/2Culinary Usage
Often used in cooking to ensure ingredients are fine and lump-free for better texture.
Before making the cake batter, always sift the cocoa powder.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Action
Involves moving back and forth to separate particles; not all substances can be sifted.
To make smooth soup, you might want to sift the stock.
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Lessons from the longest...
There's nothing quite like it anywhere else in the world. Collecting information on thousands of children is a really powerful thing to do, because it means we can compare the ones who say, do well at school or end up healthy or happy or wealthy as adults, and the ones who struggle much more, and then we can sift through all the information we've collected
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5 tips to improve your...
that'll equip you to sift through this information critically, find what you're looking for, and decide whether the new fad really suits your needs. gather your information. There's lots of it out there, so having a clear idea of your question will help you determine what's relevant.
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How the blockchain is...
and it was essentially owned by all of the people who have a room to rent. And when someone wants to rent a room, they go onto the blockchain database and all the criteria, they sift through, it helps them find the right room, and then the blockchain helps with the contracting,
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Genghis Khan’s Lost...
in which one pixel is less than half a meter in resolution. I've got literally a lifetime of work to do just to sift through this data to find that tiny fragment of information that might be weird. This is my data, right. Can I have people help me find something like a tomb of
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How visionary leaders...
my job was to sift through every number I could get my hands on so we can make billion dollar deals work over time I started to notice that there was a missing factor from our model the concept actually seemed pretty simple if the leaders of these companies were able
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Daniel Suarez: The kill...
and in that environment, it is very likely that a successful drone design will be knocked off in contract factories, proliferate in the gray market. And in that situation, sifting through the wreckage of a suicide drone attack, it will be very difficult to say
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You aren't at the mercy...
Right now, your brain is working like crazy. Your neurons are firing like mad trying to make meaning out of this so that you see something other than black and white blobs. Your brain is sifting through a lifetime of experience,
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Chris Domas: The 1s and...
when I first started doing cyber, I wasn't sure that sifting through ones and zeros was what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, because in my mind, cyber was keeping viruses off of my grandma's computer,
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Deb Roy: The birth of a...
or sift through traces of time and discover patterns in your own life that previously had gone undiscovered. Well that's exactly the journey that my family began five and a half years ago.
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What Lurks in the...
it hovers just above the surface of the mud as it delicately sifts through it searching for worms but it can jet away at the first sign of
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Lessons from the longest...
There's nothing quite like it anywhere else in the world. Collecting information on thousands of children is a really powerful thing to do, because it means we can compare the ones who say, do well at school or end up healthy or happy or wealthy as adults, and the ones who struggle much more, and then we can sift through all the information we've collected
Video examples
5 tips to improve your...
that'll equip you to sift through this information critically, find what you're looking for, and decide whether the new fad really suits your needs. gather your information. There's lots of it out there, so having a clear idea of your question will help you determine what's relevant.
Video examples
How the blockchain is...
and it was essentially owned by all of the people who have a room to rent. And when someone wants to rent a room, they go onto the blockchain database and all the criteria, they sift through, it helps them find the right room, and then the blockchain helps with the contracting,
Video examples
Genghis Khan’s Lost...
in which one pixel is less than half a meter in resolution. I've got literally a lifetime of work to do just to sift through this data to find that tiny fragment of information that might be weird. This is my data, right. Can I have people help me find something like a tomb of
Video examples
How visionary leaders...
my job was to sift through every number I could get my hands on so we can make billion dollar deals work over time I started to notice that there was a missing factor from our model the concept actually seemed pretty simple if the leaders of these companies were able
Video examples
Daniel Suarez: The kill...
and in that environment, it is very likely that a successful drone design will be knocked off in contract factories, proliferate in the gray market. And in that situation, sifting through the wreckage of a suicide drone attack, it will be very difficult to say
Video examples
You aren't at the mercy...
Right now, your brain is working like crazy. Your neurons are firing like mad trying to make meaning out of this so that you see something other than black and white blobs. Your brain is sifting through a lifetime of experience,
Video examples
Chris Domas: The 1s and...
when I first started doing cyber, I wasn't sure that sifting through ones and zeros was what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, because in my mind, cyber was keeping viruses off of my grandma's computer,
Video examples
Deb Roy: The birth of a...
or sift through traces of time and discover patterns in your own life that previously had gone undiscovered. Well that's exactly the journey that my family began five and a half years ago.
Video examples
What Lurks in the...
it hovers just above the surface of the mud as it delicately sifts through it searching for worms but it can jet away at the first sign of
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James Payn
English Novelist
It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who pinch themselves.
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Gretchen Rubin
American Author
Some kind of clutter is difficult - letting go of things with sentimental value, sifting through papers - but some clutter I find very refreshing to clear. I drive my daughters nuts because I'm always wandering into their rooms to clear clutter.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
As every entrepreneur and investor sifts through year-end data to predict the next trend or opportunity for financial success, there is a much easier way to accurately predict the future: hang out with those who are creating it.
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Rebecca Solnit
American Writer
We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview.
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Jonny Bairstow
English Athlete
If someone who doesn't know anything about wicketkeeping finds a reason to criticise, you have to sift it out. It's about working out how to deal with the criticism while improving your game.
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Erin Morgenstern
American Writer
It is perhaps both a blessing and a curse that fictional worlds spring into my mind nearly fully formed and it takes quite a while to sift through everything to find the story.
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Helen Frankenthaler
American Artist
We would sift through every inch of what it was that worked, or if it didn't, and wonder what was effective in it, in terms of paint, the subject matter, the size, the drawing.
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Dominique Crenn
French Chef
I was sifting through the dier, and I remember thinking: This potato is important. It comes up from the soil and feeds us, it connects us. It is the core of society.
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Billie Joe Armstrong
American Singer
Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
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Julia Holter
American Musician
I don't consider myself supremely talented, but I really like to try things and sift through it and see what mess I made.
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James Payn
English Novelist
It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who pinch themselves.
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Gretchen Rubin
American Author
Some kind of clutter is difficult - letting go of things with sentimental value, sifting through papers - but some clutter I find very refreshing to clear. I drive my daughters nuts because I'm always wandering into their rooms to clear clutter.
Quote examples
Jay Samit
American Businessman
As every entrepreneur and investor sifts through year-end data to predict the next trend or opportunity for financial success, there is a much easier way to accurately predict the future: hang out with those who are creating it.
Quote examples
Rebecca Solnit
American Writer
We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview.
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Jonny Bairstow
English Athlete
If someone who doesn't know anything about wicketkeeping finds a reason to criticise, you have to sift it out. It's about working out how to deal with the criticism while improving your game.
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Erin Morgenstern
American Writer
It is perhaps both a blessing and a curse that fictional worlds spring into my mind nearly fully formed and it takes quite a while to sift through everything to find the story.
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Helen Frankenthaler
American Artist
We would sift through every inch of what it was that worked, or if it didn't, and wonder what was effective in it, in terms of paint, the subject matter, the size, the drawing.
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Dominique Crenn
French Chef
I was sifting through the dier, and I remember thinking: This potato is important. It comes up from the soil and feeds us, it connects us. It is the core of society.
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Billie Joe Armstrong
American Singer
Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
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Julia Holter
American Musician
I don't consider myself supremely talented, but I really like to try things and sift through it and see what mess I made.
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