Synonyms for sifting
sift·ing

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1. winnow, winnowing, siftingnoun

   the act of separating grain from chaff

   "the winnowing was done by women"

   Synonyms:
   winnow, winnowing

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1. • Separation

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1. siftingnoun

   Synonyms:
   bolting, (Pharm.) cribration, investigation

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1. List of paraphrases for "sifting":

   sieving, screening

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How to use sifting in a sentence?

1. Mark Feldstein:

   I think this is the first big war in the digital age that has galvanized Americans' attention, and there's a quantum leap in the toys and tools journalists are using since the last big American war in 2003 in Iraq, but all of this sophisticated technology still relies on the basic journalistic values of accuracy, verification, and fairness. Journalists still gather news piece by piece, often through dogged shoe leather reporting, interviewing witnesses, sifting through information, questioning, it, testing it, authenticating it — and then summarizing, synthesizing and analyzing it all in a clear and concise way to keep the public informed.