as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for
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In the aftermath of the shooting, law-enforcement officers searched the defendants’ cars, apartments, and a brick home, affectionately nicknamed the Big Gay House, where some of them lived.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Officers are searching two properties in north London, a few miles from the scene of the attack in Golders Green.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Sort (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sort%20%28through%29. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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