Verb
sift through (third-person singular simple present sifts through, present participle sifting through, simple past and past participle sifted through)
To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
While it's wonderful that investors have access to all the data now available to them, it has become a full-time job to sift through it and separate out the valuable news from the useless noise. Maria Bartiromo
Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life. Billie Joe Armstrong
We would sift through every inch of what it was that worked, or if it didn't, and wonder what was effective in it, in terms of paint, the subject matter, the size, the drawing. Helen Frankenthaler
It is perhaps both a blessing and a curse that fictional worlds spring into my mind nearly fully formed and it takes quite a while to sift through everything to find the story. Erin Morgenstern
Would you like all of your Facebook friends to sift through your trash? A group of designers from Britain and Germany think that you might. Meet BinCam: a 'smart' trash bin that aims to revolutionize the recycling process. Evgeny Morozov
I have two young kids. So my VCR, like, you kind of have to sift through a lot of, like, 'Animal Mechanicals,' 'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.' Kathryn Hahn