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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They were asked to sort through Walmart's firearm sales policies, determine whether they were followed and weigh differing accounts inside the store of how widely Mace's troubles were known.
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Dan Morse The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2026
Anthropic’s new Claude Cowork tool — itself developed with the help of AI — allows users to quickly build apps, edit and organize files on their computer, and sort through data.
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The Pick Six column sorts through the divisional-round madness, starting with fallout from Buffalo’s latest brutal postseason defeat, and what might come from it.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
That sense of disbelief has remained as Seymour sorts through memories that have yet to make it onto the pages of her new book.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
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Dan Morse The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2026
Anthropic’s new Claude Cowork tool — itself developed with the help of AI — allows users to quickly build apps, edit and organize files on their computer, and sort through data.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 19 Jan. 2026
The Pick Six column sorts through the divisional-round madness, starting with fallout from Buffalo’s latest brutal postseason defeat, and what might come from it.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
That sense of disbelief has remained as Seymour sorts through memories that have yet to make it onto the pages of her new book.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Sort through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sort%20through. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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