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Recent Examples of sort
Noun
The Panther showed how the idea could also be understood as a gift—a superpower of sorts—that enables Black people to move freely between parallel, coexisting truths and realities. Ekow Eshun july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025 Viewing the team’s three-year stint here as an audition of sorts, officials have pondered if the local enthusiasm for baseball could help prove the Sacramento region as a welcome home for MLB. Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
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Some people like to come back to fresh bedding, a tidy closet and an empty hamper so that everything from the trip can be dumped or sorted right away. Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2025 The researchers then ran fitness tests on the participants and randomly sorted them into two groups. Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for sort
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sort
Noun
  • The festival is the largest of its kind in the United States and is sponsored by the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin.
    Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
  • Allegiant does not tolerate disruptive behavior of any kind.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Initial report: The intersection of Interstate 70 and North Post Road is closed as officials investigate a fatal crash that killed one person in east Indianapolis, Indianapolis police said.
    Matthew Cupelli, IndyStar, 21 July 2025
  • For every year before age 13 that a person acquired a smartphone, their mental health and well-being were likely to be lower, the study found.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • This -- Donald Trump should never have been hanging out with this guy and any other politician, any other human being.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 July 2025
  • Our guys just competed and just really proud of the effort.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • The show also featured a regular segment on missing pets, in this case a dilute calico with a stripe down its nose.
    Frank Langfitt, NPR, 20 July 2025
  • Researchers in Palm Beach County are trying to figure out if patterns, such as stripes on a zebra, affect how lions chase prey.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2025
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  • The Wimbledon men's final between three-time Grand Slam winner Sinner and Alcaraz (a five-time Grand Slam champ) comes less than two months after Alcaraz stormed back from a huge deficit to win the French Open in five sets on June 8.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
  • In a post-Federer/Nadal era and with Novak Djokovic getting beat in straight sets by Sinner in back-to-back semifinals, this is the new showcase event in men’s tennis.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Among the genre’s most iconic titles is the hit TV drama The Bridge.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • On the genre level — literate folk rock, hard funk rock and moody power pop — this three-band bill shouldn’t work, but for those who remember the changing popular musical landscape of the late 1990s and early 2000s, this is a fun refresher course.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Investigators say Craig began to carry out a plan to end his wife’s life one week before her first hospitalization.
    Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
  • Quebrada’s upcoming film tells the story of a married woman, Cecilia, who faces silent grief after her lover’s sudden death, mourning in secret amid normal life.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Doing kind things for friends can be mutually beneficial.
    Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2025
  • Then, on June 12, she was awakened in the middle of the night and told to gather her things.
    Juwayriah Wright, Time, 15 July 2025

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“Sort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sort. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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