sorted

past tense of sort
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Recent Examples of sorted The food comes in and is sorted within four hours, to be delivered by drivers five days a week. Zuri Primos july 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026 From there, the string is sorted and sent to a recycling partner to break the string down into raw material and turned into yarn. Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Her fishing partner Giovanna Pizzo sorted the clams from the debris. Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 The defence is done, and the midfield may well be sorted, too. Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 July 2026 All restaurants and food trucks listed below have been sorted by city. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026 Laundry can be sorted in many ways, but Stein likes to start with color, then go by material (if needed). Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 5 July 2026 This compact organizer is designed to keep small travel essentials neatly sorted. Michelle Parente, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026 Otherwise, the underpinnings are perfectly sorted. Utkarsh Sood june 27, New Atlas, 27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorted
Verb
  • Mohammad Taj, who travelled to Delhi from neighboring Haryana state, and whose face was badly bruised in the Monday crackdown, said the march heading to parliament had been peaceful.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Coronilla Durán traveled from his hometown of San Luis de la Paz, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, to Atlanta to visit family and friends, according to Isaret Jeffers, founder of Colectivo Arbol, a farmworkers advocacy group.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • To discover that the notes corresponded to where there was more human activity was really very moving.
    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • In Conversation with Peter Mishler For this installment in a long-running series of interviews with contemporary poets, contributing editor Peter Mishler corresponded with poet Ye Hui.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Grammy rules permit an individual recording to compete in one specialized genre field, even when the album connected to that artist is classified elsewhere.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • In using the hydration breaks as an opportunity to air a few minutes of extra commercials per half, Fox’s World Cup coverage has been classified as an entirely separate entity from Telemundo’s traditional ad-free presentation.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • And the private grading plan associated with the project, which provided engineering details for the development of private property, was completely voided, citing issues with code compliance.
    Zuri Primos July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
  • Even global travel for people is becoming increasingly strict and usually associated with extra costs for visas or other new immigration requirements.
    Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • The aggressive push by streamers has coincided with the near-total collapse of regional sports cable channels — outlets that were not so long ago the most profitable engines of pay TV.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • That slide has coincided with a drop in SpaceX, Elon Musk's other trillion-dollar company, which held a record market debut in June and has lost almost 40% of its value since its peak close.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Though Miami has four players who ranked in the top 38 in three-point percentage last season, the perception has been that the Heat is one shooter short.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • The Chiefs ranked second in pass-block win rate last year, per ESPN’s Analytics tracking.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • But soaking produce in water with a few teaspoons of baking soda mixed in can get fruit and veggies even cleaner and potentially remove leftover pesticide residue too.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
  • In Greater China, which includes the Hong Kong and Macao markets, the picture was mixed, with retail sales rising 9 percent on a stable store base, but wholesale replenishment orders described as modest.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.
    Kevin Baxter Follow June 7, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • Those interested in 529 savings plans should beware that not all states have fully conformed their income tax codes to the federal code.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026

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“Sorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorted. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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