all sorts of

phrase

: many different : all kinds of
knows all sorts of people

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Responding to an ad in the newspaper puts Bernie in contact with Comer’s Araminta, a loner whose ultimate dream is to embalm a human body as the crown jewel of her taxidermy collection, which includes all sorts of fauna. Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026 Aligning the machines to shift toward existing norms is already a moral and philosophical decision, one that relies on all sorts of conditional definitions. Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2026 Detecting fraud requires monitoring all sorts of signals across behavioral biometrics, device intelligence and network data. Dan Pinto, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The upshot of all this is that ClickFix is a highly effective and efficient means of spreading all sorts of malware. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for all sorts of

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First Known Use

1558, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of all sorts of was in 1558

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“All sorts of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20sorts%20of. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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