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Recent Examples of assort Immediately after her billionaire father’s stroke wakes everyone to his inevitable mortality, Shiv, despite her lack of experience in business, starts jostling for power with her brothers, her husband, and assorted other men hungry to take over. Janet Arzt, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 Director Jonathan Eusebio, a talented fight coordinator with titles like The Fall Guy and Violent Night and assorted John Wicks to his credit, doesn’t give the action any spontaneity or grace or visceral pizzazz. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025 The alcohol-free month can have assorted positive outcomes beyond simply not drinking alcohol. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 Design: Comprehensive Interface Options The D1 Pro is a complete lock assembly containing interior and exterior escutcheons, a deadbolt latch and strike plate, assorted mounting hardware, a pair of keys, a battery pack, a drilling template, and a user manual. PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for assort
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  • This component classifies requests and forwards to the WAF just the ones needing inspection, such as dynamic content requests, and offloads the WAF by caching responses.
    Alexander Krizhanovsky, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The shooting now classified as a-homicide was the third killing reported during a violent weekend in Kansas City, as temperatures soared above 90 degrees across the region.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2025
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  • The tasting menu blends classic technique with a modern sensibility, global inspiration, and sources the freshest and most sustainable seafood, often wild-caught from American waters.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Recent upgrades blend seamlessly with the house’s historic bones: a full smart-home AV and lighting system, whole-property fiber broadband—yes, even in the garden—and a state-of-the-art security setup.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 June 2025
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  • The Stallions finished 18-3 and ranked No. 2 in the nation after their 6-5 loss to rival Lake Highland Prep.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
  • Elite pitching despite injuries The Rangers’ starting pitching this season has been elite, with Tyler Mahle and Jacob deGrom ranking ninth (2.34 ERA) and seventh (2.19 ERA) among starters in MLBs, and the team ranking second overall with a 3.08 ERA.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2025
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  • The researchers found that the reasoning models generated significantly more tokens, which correlate with CO₂ emissions, than the more concise models.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 19 June 2025
  • In a comprehensive review of the academic literature, voucher programs correlate to higher standardized test scores and lower rates of absenteeism and suspension — including, perhaps surprisingly, for the students who remain in public schools.
    Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 18 June 2025
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  • But protesters said President Trump’s decision is symbolic of America’s role in Israel’s broader retaliatory military campaign, one that’s killed more than 55,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
    Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025
  • Savvy operators are beginning to distinguish between short-term curiosity spend and deeper, more sustainable value.
    Vlad Panin, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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  • California State University redacted the identities of those five witnesses that corresponded with Heaphy and May during the investigation in the public records provided to Fox News Digital.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
  • These bags are super easy to use: Just toss in your bottles, add the water and seal it up, and microwave for the length of time that corresponds with your microwave’s power.
    Olivia Campbell, Parents, 24 June 2025
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  • Israel says Hamas steals and sells food from the U.N. and other traditional aid agencies, and that GHF distributes food to civilians under Israeli military supervision without Hamas involvement.
    Daniel Estrin, NPR, 26 June 2025
  • Additional support in Smart Wing Tec distributes breast weight evenly, reducing pressure points.
    Yola Robert, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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  • And here’s the rub: amid all the complaints about how Democrats should be more coordinated, no one is really speaking with confidence about how Democratic leaders should be treading at this moment.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 23 June 2025
  • Its Combined Air Operations Center coordinates missions across 21 countries, from Northeast Africa to Central Asia.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025

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“Assort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assort. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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