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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
  • When a government committee chaired by Oppenheimer recommended strongly against the development of the H-bomb, the Atomic Energy Commission buried the report by classifying it as secret.
    — Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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 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
Definition of ranking
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • In 2023, Canali debuted Care, an umbrella program grouping all the brand’s eco- and responsibility-minded initiatives.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Williams kept the respective songs from each album close together, grouping them in three- and four-track clusters.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of grouping
Verb
  • Charges say the video shows Buckney renting a shooting lane at the gun shop under his name and correlating with a customer account number.
    — WCCO Staff, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • What does Open Command do and not do in terms of correlating with pitcher quality statistics?
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of correlating
Verb
  • 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
  • New cards can sell out within minutes, with people coordinating on X and Discord to know where to go.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The findings about the coordinating role of the Sst-Chodl neurons, the team claims, should generalize to different brain regions, but the actual wiring may not.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of coordinating
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