sort through
phrasal verb
sorted through; sorting through; sorts through
: to look at things and put them in a particular order especially while searching for something
He sorted through the papers.
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Adelaida holes up in her mother’s apartment, unable to bring herself to pack up or even sort through her things, ignoring the banging and shouting from the street below.
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
The next couple months were spent sorting through Steve’s items and realizing, my god, this is enormous.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2025
These methods sort through the DNA in a sample looking for specific genes that are signatures of parasites like pinworms, as well as bacterial pathogens.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The experimental mode will be available to beta users in Windows Insiders in Copilot Labs, enabling Copilot to sort through your photos, extract information from PDFs, or edit files in bulk.
—PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
The next couple months were spent sorting through Steve’s items and realizing, my god, this is enormous.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2025
These methods sort through the DNA in a sample looking for specific genes that are signatures of parasites like pinworms, as well as bacterial pathogens.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The experimental mode will be available to beta users in Windows Insiders in Copilot Labs, enabling Copilot to sort through your photos, extract information from PDFs, or edit files in bulk.
—PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Sort through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sort%20through. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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