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| I/you/we/they | sift through |
| he/she/it | sifts through |
| present participle | sifting through |
| past tense | sifted through |
| past participle | sifted through |
He spent hours sifting through all the documents relating to the case.
They sifted through the rubble, searching for signs of life.
This is the American English definition of sift through. View British English definition of sift through.
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