sift out

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sift out

verb sifts out · sifting out · sifted out

idiomatic To isolate or identify one particular thing from a collection that includes less relevant things. So in the waning days of the 20th Century, concert programmers and ticket-buyers alike have become informed and careful about what to sell and what to buy; to sift out the good new music from the not-so-good.
Similar: sieve out, winnow

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Español	hacer la criba
Русский	отсеивать otseivatʹ

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@misc{sift_out_2026,
  title = {sift out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sift%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}