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assorting

verb

present participle of assort
1
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type assort these butterfly specimens according to geographic origin

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2
as in blending
to form a pleasing relationship somewhat surprisingly, the collection of ancient Egyptian art assorts rather well with the museum's modern design

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assorting
  1. classifying
  2. blending
  3. ranking
  4. corresponding
  5. grouping
  6. correlating
  7. distinguishing
  8. coordinating
Verb
  • Some need only light intelligence—converting structured output into natural language, organizing OCR results or classifying simple requests.
    — Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The previous way of classifying heart attacks didn’t have enough nuance.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of classifying
Verb
  • The wispy brow-skimming strands cover still cover the forehead while blending seamlessly into her tousled waves thanks to face-framing layers that fan out toward her cheekbones.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Chill the ingredients before blending so the ice stays frozen longer and creates a thicker margarita without becoming overly diluted.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of blending
Verb
  • The Pentagon subjected high-ranking members to polygraph tests as part of an investigation into the source of leaks to journalists about how the war in Iran has created a shortage of sophisticated munitions, according to multiple media reports.
    — Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Her clever approach looks at a large number of middle schools in Norway, ranking their divergent smartphone policies across a range from strictness to leniency.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of ranking
Verb
  • The six original moments of silence represent the times when each of the World Trade Center towers was struck, when each fell and the times corresponding to the attack of the Pentagon and crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • If the spaceship were going at a constant, faster-than-light speed, then another ship at rest would see two images, corresponding to two different times when light from the ship could reach them.
    — Matt von Hippel, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of corresponding
Verb
  • But Shanes questioned whether grouping Jews under a single ethnic category would produce sufficiently specific data for those purposes, or instead obscure differences among Jewish populations with distinct ancestries.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This time around, however, the tech giant is establishing parameters on mass arbitration by grouping them in batches of 25, 100, and 500, depending on the total number of claimants with similar issues.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of grouping
Verb
  • What does Open Command do and not do in terms of correlating with pitcher quality statistics?
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Organizations need security operations capable of correlating multiple attack vectors, responding at machine speed and continuously learning from attacks occurring far beyond the walls of any single enterprise.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of correlating
Verb
  • This blind taste taste kit will guide them through distinguishing different bodies and flavors in five mystery single-origin roasted coffees.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026
  • However, recent scholarship posits that the structure was used as ordinary (rather than punitive) housing, and that the vulgar decor was in fact a distinguishing characteristic of the epoch.
    — Jim Greer, SPIN, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of distinguishing
Verb
  • Khosrowshahi said Uber spends too much time coordinating between teams and not enough time developing its business.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The coordinating French Rib pants are also majorly marked down right now for a head-to-toe Spanx travel look that’s under $105.
    — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of coordinating
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