sorted

past tense of sort
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Recent Examples of sorted While much of that has been gone over for the archive, items in a filing cabinet at the house had not been sorted. Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2026 In newer versions of iOS, unknown senders can be sorted into a separate area. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026 This is Graham’s first offseason in charge, and it won’t all get sorted immediately. Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 26 June 2026 This compact organizer is designed to keep small travel essentials neatly sorted. Michelle Parente, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026 The comments sorted themselves into camps, each revealing something interesting about how our society has come to think about motherhood, sacrifice and raising children. Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 30 June 2026 Otherwise, the underpinnings are perfectly sorted. Utkarsh Sood june 27, New Atlas, 27 June 2026 At Yogyakarta’s Piyungan landfill in Indonesia, a city’s waste is sorted by scavengers and consumed by cows, quietly piling up into a hill, with their forms mirroring the landscape of trash around them. Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 With the titling issues sorted, Arkell said the developers will start with building out roads, sewers and utility lines, and clear the 50-acre property over the next eight to 10 months in order to make way for building construction. Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorted
Verb
  • The Royals allowed three runs on a baseball that traveled all of 39 feet and made three throwing errors on one play.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • The Kansas City Royals committed three errors on one Carson Benge comebacker in the first inning at Citi Field on Tuesday night, turning a ball that traveled maybe 50 feet into three New York Mets runs.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 8 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
  • Even in Caracas, where only five buildings collapsed, Rodríguez said at least 30 additional structures have already been classified as unsafe.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • Royalties and license fees are classified as ordinary income under the tax code, taxed at the same rates as wages, not the preferential long-term capital gains rates that apply to appreciated assets held over a year.
    Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Typically, El Niño is associated with wetter-than-normal conditions during the winter in Southern California.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • By triggering the release of a natural growth factor in the brain and modulating neural pathways associated with addiction and reward, ibogaine restores healthy dopamine function and reduces cravings, Barsuglia said.
    Gavin Escott, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • This has coincided with government officials appearing more open to widespread use of air conditioning.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Those investments have coincided with a broader shift in inventory management.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • MoneyLion ranked the nation's 50 most affluent suburbs by household income, as measured in the 2024 American Community Survey.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Sherman’s March, which won the Grand Jury prize at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival, was ranked as one of the highest-grossing documentary films of all time until the mid-1990s.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Freeze Pop flavors mixed with lemonade and oat milk, topped with sweet cold foam and dragonfruit pieces for a nostalgic, fruity sip.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • When the spinach is mixed in with noodles and cheese, no one will mind eating their greens.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 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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