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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Straining; defecating: used in compounds.
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- verb Present participle of
filter .
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Examples
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He also said he realizes that "we've got a very small window to really get things right," and that there are a lot of other competitors trying to solve the same problem Digg is, which he described as filtering the firehose of information that comes from Twitter and Facebook and other social-media services.
GigaOM 2010
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He also said he realizes that "we've got a very small window to really get things right," and that there are a lot of other competitors trying to solve the same problem Digg is, which he described as filtering the firehose of information that comes from Twitter and Facebook and other social-media services.
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The most common restriction used in filtering matches for dating services (after gender and age) israce.
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010
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Everyone thinks mandatory Internet filtering is stupid
10 Key Results From The Whirlpool Broadband Survey | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Is there any evidence at this stage that content filtering is something that people will pay for on the Internet?
Economics of Content, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The most common restriction used in filtering matches for dating services (after gender and age) is race.
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010
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A close look at Audible Magic ` s technology suggests that its filtering is no silver bullet.
RIAA ‘bait & switch’ 2009
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Your claim is, race is the third most common restriction used in filtering matches for dating services (after gender and age) israce.
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010
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Yes, but mandatory ISP filtering is somewhat unusual here in the US ....
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Your claim is, race is the third most common restriction used in filtering matches for dating services (after gender and age) israce.
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010
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Since at least the second half of the 20th century, the vast majority of actually affordable housing has been created via “filtering”: that is, the falling relative prices of market-rate housing as it ages, or its neighborhood loses social status, often as a result of racial changes.
City Observatory - Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable Daniel Hertz 2018
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