Definition of "sifting" [sifting]

• Present participle of sift. (verb)

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• "Phone Screens are key in sifting through applicants."
• "Sci becomes a product of the good and also bad investment to the extreme, now driving away the reader with little time or $ to spend in sifting through all those folds and layers."
• "I saw him pull out a small stack of mail and begin sifting through it."