sift through sth
Frequency: 8.818.1 per million words
to examine a large collection of items, documents, or evidence very carefully
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- Detectives had to sift through mountains of paperwork to find a single clue.
- She spent the afternoon sifting through old photographs, reminiscing about her childhood.
- The reporter had to sift through countless press releases to find a newsworthy story.
- We need to sift through all the applications before deciding on the final candidates.
- He sifted through the debris at the accident site, hoping to find survivors.
- The historian will sift through ancient documents to uncover the truth about the past.
- It took hours to sift through the emails and identify the most important ones.
- The committee was tasked with sifting through the evidence presented in court.
- Could you help me sift through these financial reports? There's a lot of data.
- She decided to sift through her belongings and donate anything she no longer needed.