1
as in travelling
to come or be together as friends
you should be careful about whom you sort with
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2
as in corresponding
to be in agreement on every point
that doesn't sort with what you said the last time
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3
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out
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Recent Examples of sorting
Regularly clean up your email inbox by unsubscribing from spam or irrelevant newsletters and sorting important emails into folders.
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Properly sorting these materials helps minimize landfill waste.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Whether sorting goods in a warehouse or assisting customers in a store, this ability to act in real time makes humanoid robots indispensable across industries.
—Greg Ombach, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Even better, use a sorting hamper to make laundry day easier.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
The Netflix movie, directed by Tyler Perry, tells the story of Adams Earley and her battalion's grit and resourcefulness during the mail sorting assignment.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
Rather, the regular exercise of sorting the olfactory world with abstract labels seems to change how the Jahai understand all smells, familiar and otherwise.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
With advanced technology, is sorting your clothes by color a thing of the past?
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2024
Preserve Clothing Quality Along with sorting by color, Wang recommends doing laundry loads by material and their care instructions.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2024
Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Properly sorting these materials helps minimize landfill waste.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Whether sorting goods in a warehouse or assisting customers in a store, this ability to act in real time makes humanoid robots indispensable across industries.
—Greg Ombach, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Even better, use a sorting hamper to make laundry day easier.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
The Netflix movie, directed by Tyler Perry, tells the story of Adams Earley and her battalion's grit and resourcefulness during the mail sorting assignment.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
Rather, the regular exercise of sorting the olfactory world with abstract labels seems to change how the Jahai understand all smells, familiar and otherwise.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
With advanced technology, is sorting your clothes by color a thing of the past?
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2024
Preserve Clothing Quality Along with sorting by color, Wang recommends doing laundry loads by material and their care instructions.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorting
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The Tampa Bay Times reviewed nearly 600 storm tracks and corresponding sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean basin over the last four decades.—
Jack Prator,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Dec. 2024
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The January transfer window in the women’s game has many of the same complications that the corresponding window offers in the men’s one.—
Jessy Parker Humphreys,
The Athletic,
26 Dec. 2024
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Those deaths aren't counted in our statistics, and that's primarily because of the difficulty in classifying those deaths in a disaster.—
Melody Schreiber,
NPR,
13 Dec. 2024
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The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Wednesday against the popular Netflix dating show, classifying its stars as employees and accusing the program of several labor violations.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2024
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And, coinciding with the holiday, the space station could easily double as Santa's sleigh to innocent eyes.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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The study show that a major volcanic pulse occurred about 30,000 years before the impact, coinciding with at least a 5 degrees cooling of the climate.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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When done correctly, the result should increasingly feel like working 1-1 with an instructor, but without the inconvenience of conforming to the instructor's schedule or competing for time and attention with other students.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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When faced with differences, individuals are likely to respond in one of three ways—by conforming and agreeing with the other person, seeking their validation or distancing themselves altogether.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2024
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The military men are more distinct, largely because they’re either played by somewhat familiar faces — including Will Poulter, as Captain Erik, the head of the initial operation — or have distinguishing features, like the mustache on Elliott (Cosmo Jarvis), the head sniper.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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With that in mind, Singleton emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between privacy and anonymity.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The move ends, or brings to the next phase, one of the longest-running and most public marital breakdowns in modern Hollywood history.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
31 Dec. 2024
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There were also rumors about dysfunction running toward the organization, leading to the firing of Brown.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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By connecting features like billing, single sign-on and data synchronization, these partnerships can deliver a unified experience to the end user.—
Joshua Siler,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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This serves as the connecting point between two sides of the barracks that lead Tóth to Erzsébet.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2025
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Part of Washington’s post-Allen plan came into shape Monday by agreeing to terms with defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw.—
Ben Standig,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The vest was later sold in a charity auction, with the winning bid reaching $17,300 and Day agreeing to match that amount with a donation of his own.—
Brooks Peck,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Sorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorting. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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