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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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 Each year, Walmart sorts through thousands of applications, then invites hundreds of small-business owners and entrepreneurs with shelf-ready products to visit Bentonville for one-on-one, 30-minute meetings with merchants. Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025 Something Callihan only recently discovered the true extent of while helping his widow, her grandmother, Shelby Riddle, sort through some things. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 Kramer was brought into the yogurt shop murders case in late 2022 to be a part of the investigative team to sort through the evidence and find DNA. Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025 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 24 Oct. 2025.

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