ASSORTING Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

assorting

verb

present participle of assort

as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type assort these butterfly specimens according to geographic origin

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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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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

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The 20-year-old Celebrini is coming off one of the best seasons ever for a player so young, ranking fourth in the league in scoring, starring in the Olympics and then signing a five-year, $94 million extension this summer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
Murphy serves as the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, which oversees funding for ICE.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

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The warmer water triggers corresponding shifts in the atmosphere that have a domino effect on weather patterns around the globe.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of corresponding

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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

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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

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According to Mason Huddleston, an urban agriculturalist at Oklahoma State University Extension, one of the plant’s most distinguishing features is its smooth, hollow stem, marked with purple or reddish-purple spots.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026
Another study found that almost half the country has difficulty distinguishing American Jews from the Israeli government.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 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

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