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Recent Examples of alphabetize
Five small tasks: Clearing trash from your purse, putting away a load of towels, emptying the dish strainer, picking up dog or baby toys from the floor, alphabetizing the spice jars.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
Every manilla envelope, stuffed to the brim with photo copies, was meticulously alphabetized.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2025
Using fewer bits was thought to require more steps—like alphabetizing your books by swapping them one by one on the shelf instead of pulling them all out and reshelving them.
—Max Springer, Scientific American, 27 June 2025
Perhaps most radical is Barnett’s decision to alphabetize contributors by first names.
—Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The seating was carefully managed, based on categories like reigning monarchs, heads of state and heads of government, and further alphabetized within those groups.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
There are some who seem to have the innate ability to keep their spices alphabetized, their clothes separated by color and season, and power cords neatly wound all in one place.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 26 Mar. 2025
However, law firm websites typically alphabetize by last name.
—Peter Boyd, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Beyond those bins sat aisle after aisle of records, alphabetized and by genre.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
Every manilla envelope, stuffed to the brim with photo copies, was meticulously alphabetized.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2025
Using fewer bits was thought to require more steps—like alphabetizing your books by swapping them one by one on the shelf instead of pulling them all out and reshelving them.
—Max Springer, Scientific American, 27 June 2025
Perhaps most radical is Barnett’s decision to alphabetize contributors by first names.
—Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The seating was carefully managed, based on categories like reigning monarchs, heads of state and heads of government, and further alphabetized within those groups.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
There are some who seem to have the innate ability to keep their spices alphabetized, their clothes separated by color and season, and power cords neatly wound all in one place.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 26 Mar. 2025
However, law firm websites typically alphabetize by last name.
—Peter Boyd, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Beyond those bins sat aisle after aisle of records, alphabetized and by genre.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alphabetize
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) filed cloture on legislation from the House on Thursday, and the Senate will hold a vote on whether to proceed on Monday.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Mar. 2026
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Dozens of petitions have been filed with the court asking it to decide whether the law violates the Second Amendment as applied to people convicted of nonviolent felonies.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Senior author Louise van der Weyden, a staff scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in England, and a team of researchers sequenced the genomes of tumors from almost 500 domestic cats.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
19 Feb. 2026
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While many resources and efforts were made to sequence DNA through the Human Genome Project, sequencing RNA and its many modifications remains a challenging task.—
Marlene Belfort,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
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Educators weren’t convinced of the machine’s benefit, which prioritized individually paced learning not conducive to students of the same age moving through a grade level at the same time.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Singh argues in his motion the cumulative effect demonstrates how the prosecution prioritized political considerations over impartial enforcement of the law.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Though well organized, none of the material had been digitized.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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There’s no excuse not to keep your toiletries organized when this Eddie Bauer Voyager Kit costs just $5 at Marshall’s.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2026
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Steven Conrad did such a great job of creating something that can’t really be categorized in any particular genre.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
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But don’t categorize them as terrorists.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Alphabetize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alphabetize. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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