sort through

verb

sorted through; sorting through; sorts through
Synonyms of sort throughnext
: 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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Unnecessary context consumes tokens, can increase latency and gives the model more information to sort through. — Ambarish Majumdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 There is no stack to sort through or need to prepare a particular space. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 ZipRecruiter notes that employers using traditional methods can spend about a week just sorting through applications before reaching promising candidates. — Audrey Payne, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 But the plot loops and falls in on itself, rendering the dreamlike first half open to interpretation, and leaving viewers to sort through its many possible explanations. — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sort through

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“Sort through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sort%20through. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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