verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sift through wreckage (= carefully look through all the pieces )
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Crash investigators have been sifting through the wreckage of the plane.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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The older I get, the more efficient I become at sifting out the rubbish.
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The purpose of the pre-hearing assessment is to sift out those applications which are unlikely to succeed.
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The problems of sifting out the valuable and proven ingredients of native medicines are formidable.
through
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A lone clerk sifts through , consigning some to the incinerator and some to a filed.
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By midday Monday, police were sifting through more than 300 tips.
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To ensure that information would sift through from all corners of the Company, a local spokesperson was elected from each department.
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The object is to gather enough evidence and sift through all the forensics information needed to write an acceptable arrest warrant.
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Clearly, I said, it was going to take me some time to sift through all the material.
■ NOUN
flour
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About 3 weeks later sift the flour in each tube again.
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In another bowl, sift flour , salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
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At this stage sift the flour , take out the adults and kill them.
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Mix and sift together the flour , sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and stir in almonds.
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Léonie sifted silky flour on to the wide brass pan of the scales.
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In medium bowl, sift together flour , cocoa, baking soda and salt; stir into creamed mixture.
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Prepare the Yorkshire pudding by sifting the flour into a large bowl.
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In a medium-sized bowl, sift together flour , baking powder, sugar, and salt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It will take a while to sift through all these magazines.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By midday Monday, police were sifting through more than 300 tips.
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Having sifted through the estate agents' details, arrange appointments to view as many properties as possible.
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I sift through memory, and this is what I say: She was a princess.
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Police continued to sift through the statements of various witnesses Saturday.
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Shama meanwhile had begun to sift through a small sheaf of numbered pages.
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She prided herself on her ability to sift through the most innocent conversations and turn them into major scandals.
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Tim Brown sifted through the trade talk, clearly and succinctly.
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To ensure that information would sift through from all corners of the Company, a local spokesperson was elected from each department.