Meaning & use
Filtering
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Passing a substance through a device or material to remove impurities; more broadly, sorting or screening information to select what is relevant or acceptable.
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The plant is filtering wastewater before releasing it back into the river.
The app is filtering out spam messages automatically.
A note on using this word
Beyond its literal use with liquids and air, 'filtering' is now a standard term in computing for selecting a subset of data or content.
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