alphabetize

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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. 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
Verb
  • Kiser later filed a lawsuit to keep records about her son’s death out of public view.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The arrests stem from a warrant and criminal complaint filed by the Phelps County Attorney’s Office following a police investigation.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To find out if typhus was the sole culprit for the demise of soldiers, the authors of the new study used a method known as high-throughput sequencing, which can sequence millions of DNA fragments at a time.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • PacBio says a single Revio can sequence about four entire human genomes in a 24-hour period for less than $1,000 per genome.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Otherwise, remember that a coat closet should prioritize hanging items first.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Another technological addition Starbucks has made is Smart Queue, which prioritizes orders and indicates to customers on a screen whether their order has been received, made or is ready for pick-up.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bessent, who specialized in foreign exchange in a decades-long hedge fund career, organized a $20 billion foreign-exchange swap with Argentina’s central bank earlier this month — an unusual structure that bypassed the US Federal Reserve, which is typically the lead party in such arrangements.
    Daniel Flatley, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Alani organized a letter signed by more than 300 former IDS staffers asking for the IU Student Publications Alumni Board to be included in conversations about the IDS's future.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While blockchain transactions provide transparent audit trails, corporate financial systems often require custom programming to properly categorize digital asset movements.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Back at SubTropolis, the Chiefs’ history is filed away and categorized.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What Happens Next Both the Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball classify the New Hampshire Senate race as Leans Democrat.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • MacKinnon had a game-high eight shots on goal, including at least two that can only be classified as great saves by Vejmelka.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Alphabetize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alphabetize. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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