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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Just in recent weeks, Japan’s government bond market has had a price breakdown of the sort not seen since, perhaps, the late 1970s.
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Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Coordination of the sort that the migrants had claimed was almost certain to have required communications and financial transfers that the U.S. government would expect to collect but had not seen.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Summit’s choice to direct New Moon was Chris Weitz, who, like Hardwicke, had prior teen movie credibility, though not of the sort most Twihards, as fans labeled themselves, approved of.
—Bruce Handy, Vulture, 20 May 2025
The two teams had multiple joint practices last preseason in Oxnard without any extra-curricular fights or things of the sort.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2025
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Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Coordination of the sort that the migrants had claimed was almost certain to have required communications and financial transfers that the U.S. government would expect to collect but had not seen.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Summit’s choice to direct New Moon was Chris Weitz, who, like Hardwicke, had prior teen movie credibility, though not of the sort most Twihards, as fans labeled themselves, approved of.
—Bruce Handy, Vulture, 20 May 2025
The two teams had multiple joint practices last preseason in Oxnard without any extra-curricular fights or things of the sort.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Of the sort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20sort. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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