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Discover LudwigThe phrase "filtered for" is correct and usable in written English.
It is most commonly used to describe the process of searching for something, usually in a computer system. For example, "The search was filtered for words with five or fewer letters."
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Variants were filtered for passing quality.
Frankfurt gets filtered for testosterone, said one banker.
Samples were filtered for regions blacklisted by the ENCODE project.
Searches can be filtered for university-level content.
Compare unfiltered and heavily filtered for the same fundamental frequency.
Protein identifications were filtered for a FDR of ≤1%.
Mail sent to the address above is filtered for spam.
All of the negatives were filtered for stains.
Even when machines are used, the harvest is filtered for imperfections and cherries are graded accordingly.
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Illumina reads were filtered for quality as follows.
The images are Gaussian-filtered for clarity.
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