Definition of "sifts" [sifts]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sift. (verb)

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• "They are scared because they don't know how bad it's going to be before everything kind of sifts out."
• "Not only does secret assembly alleviate holdout problems, it is also superior to eminent domain because it sifts out those development projects that create more value than preexisting uses of the land in question from those that do not."
• "About Digital Dirk's Dispatches Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily to bring you the Digital Dispatch—a compilation of the most important and interesting tech news for consumers."