of the sort
idiom
: like the person or thing mentioned
"You said you didn't like him." "I said nothing of the sort."
I would like to go to a movie or a concert, or something of the sort.
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The color of the sort of deep bruising normally associated with OSHA violations, Chicago’s uniforms herald long periods of bed rest and a night table groaning from the weight of so many prescription painkillers.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2026
And then unspooled a video that DiCaprio had recorded earlier in the day, which included an apology for his absence and a powerful defense of the theatrical moviegoing experience of the sort provided by One Battle After Another.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Jan. 2026
But by the mid-1930s, Soviet leaders sensed that people needed something to take the edge off in the dead of winter, a carnivalesque custom of the sort that Christmas once provided.
—Andrew Fedorov, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Many of Lambert’s recent cases have involved grave crimes, of the sort that society considers unthinkable.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2026
And then unspooled a video that DiCaprio had recorded earlier in the day, which included an apology for his absence and a powerful defense of the theatrical moviegoing experience of the sort provided by One Battle After Another.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Jan. 2026
But by the mid-1930s, Soviet leaders sensed that people needed something to take the edge off in the dead of winter, a carnivalesque custom of the sort that Christmas once provided.
—Andrew Fedorov, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Many of Lambert’s recent cases have involved grave crimes, of the sort that society considers unthinkable.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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