SORTING Synonyms: 170 Similar and Opposite Words

sorting

verb

present participle of sort

as in traveling

to come or be together as friends you should be careful about whom you sort with

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as in corresponding

to be in agreement on every point that doesn't sort with what you said the last time

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as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out

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Recent Examples of sorting The large wooden desk is framed by a bookshelf painted pastel robin’s egg blue, and an antique cabinet that stands on tall spindly legs, its doors open, revealing rows of small, narrow dividers for sorting mail or paperwork. — Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026 Xiaomi tests endurance The firm has released a video showing two humanoid robots sorting automotive components during an eight-hour task at its car factory in China. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026 But safe congressional seats are also produced without manipulation, with voters often sorting themselves geographically. — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026 In the past, the company’s CapEx focused heavily on physical infrastructure, including purchasing new aircraft, expanding sorting hubs and adding delivery vehicles. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 In 2012, as part of a nationwide cost-cutting move, the Postal Service closed the mail processing centers in Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines and shifted the work sorting Broward’s mail to the Opa-locka center in Miami-Dade County. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026 The service cost will be bundled into standard utility billing, though customer participation in sorting recyclables remains voluntary. — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026 The sorting machine In September 2025, Nepal banned 26 social media platforms. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 If eating a Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkin sends you back to nights in elementary school sorting candy on your living room floor, that memory formed by passing through your brain’s gustatory cortex, which handles taste. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorting

Verb

Black asserts that the statements made by Garcia are false and that traveling to appear on national television to make such statements about the inquiry into Epstein’s crimes goes beyond the purview of a member of Congress.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026
Another big game has Fort Worth Carter-Riverside (6-3, 3-3) traveling over to Scarborough-Handley Field to take on Fort Worth Southwest (4-5, 3-3) for the final playoff berth in the district.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of traveling

Verb

The move in its corresponding options prices was even bigger, with the Cboe Volatility index falling about four points to below 17, the biggest one-day drop in the volatility gauge since at least July.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
Close wore a coat dress made of Burkina Faso fabric, while Stone was dressed in the corresponding blazer and skirt.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of corresponding

Verb

The prosecution argued that the victims — who all belonged to the church and had since left — delayed reporting the incidents or classifying them as rape due to fear of retaliation for violating a Scientology rule against going to the police.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Operators fed Maven intelligence classifying the elementary school as an Iranian military facility, and the system, in turn, marked it as one of the priority targets for day one of the war.

— Kylie Jones, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of classifying

Verb

Explaining her party defection, Stevens made specific reference to Piker, criticizing El-Sayed for associating with him.

— Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
The definition reflects a long history of associating Jews with greed and moneylending, a stereotype reinforced by literary figures such as Shakespeare’s Shylock and by centuries of anti-Jewish prejudice.

— Juan Melamed, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of associating

Verb

Launched in July, The Edit Stick, $32, marked the brand’s biggest marketing push and largest investment to date, coinciding with the debut of its Duo Brush Conceal, $26.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
The installation was first publicly shown in New York on January 29, coinciding with the second anniversary of the death of Hind Rajab.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of coinciding

Verb

At Walt Disney Studios, she was named executive vice president in 1981, becoming one of the most high-ranking women in the film business at the time.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Black, who helped found private equity giant Apollo Global Management, accused Garcia of making maliciously false statements, citing statements the ranking member of the House oversight committee made in interviews.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of ranking

Verb

Amused, the actor offered a gentle lesson in mixing the perfect vodka and orange juice—just one of countless tales this legendary hotel has collected over nearly a century.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
The kosher laws include restrictions on the types of meat that can be consumed and prohibits mixing meat and dairy in the same meal, so keeping a kitchen kosher requires communal adherence to these rules.

— Adrienne Krone, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2026