1
as in traveling
to come or be together as friends
you should be careful about whom you sort with
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2
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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3
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
Walking on a stage, picking up and handling an egg without breaking it, folding a shirt, and sorting small objects.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
After the accident took place Tuesday night, UPS halted package sorting operations at its Worldport air cargo hub at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Face recognition on phones or in photo apps manages vast amounts of image data, sorting and tagging with little delay.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
City officials declined to give cost estimates for the sorting facility or transfer station.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Ooky, spooky and adorably abnormal Could sorting this out get any weirder?
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
Of course, Kondo’s work, and our interview, focused on the topic of tidying and sorting our surroundings.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
Outside of lunchtime, the district has a number of other nutrition education programs, from familiarizing kindergartners with the school’s salad bar to educating students on sorting food waste properly in partnership with Breathe California.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Aside from individual shoppers using an avocado app, the study’s authors hope that their technology will also deploy to processing facilities for sorting and grading the fruit at scale.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
After the accident took place Tuesday night, UPS halted package sorting operations at its Worldport air cargo hub at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Face recognition on phones or in photo apps manages vast amounts of image data, sorting and tagging with little delay.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
City officials declined to give cost estimates for the sorting facility or transfer station.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Ooky, spooky and adorably abnormal Could sorting this out get any weirder?
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
Of course, Kondo’s work, and our interview, focused on the topic of tidying and sorting our surroundings.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
Outside of lunchtime, the district has a number of other nutrition education programs, from familiarizing kindergartners with the school’s salad bar to educating students on sorting food waste properly in partnership with Breathe California.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Aside from individual shoppers using an avocado app, the study’s authors hope that their technology will also deploy to processing facilities for sorting and grading the fruit at scale.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorting
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The Heat also again faces the Cavaliers in back-to-back games later this season, traveling to Cleveland to play the Cavaliers on March 25 and 27.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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Atkins died three days after the fatal collision, which occurred after Owen-Cooper had been traveling around 53 mph on a road with a 20 mph speed limit.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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Even prior to the coup, the system was set up such that all proceeds from sales by state-enterprises like MTE were deposited into the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank’s roughly 50 accounts in corresponding banks across the world.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Ingredients vary in their duration, with a higher concentration of the active ingredient generally corresponding to longer-lasting effects.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
5 Nov. 2025
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Related Stories In a nutsell, the test arranged by the cutter’s union documented that AI tools are great for organizing, classifying and summarizing.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Cal Fire updated Saratoga’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map in June, classifying some southwestern portions of the city as moderate or high fire hazard zones.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
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But communal norms have no room for the unique nature of their relationship; having learned of the friendship, Kammo’s aunt forbids the girl from associating with the Muslim Hamida, and this rupture reignites Hamida’s previous trauma of repudiation.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Younger Democrats are increasingly associating her with the past and see her as part of the problem that let Donald Trump back into the White House rather than a credible candidate for 2028.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Deadline reported that Disney+ has ordered a TV event featuring special guest star Sabrina Carpenter to premiere in 2026, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the classic original series.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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In 2024, coinciding with Puig’s IPO, the conglomerate acquired 100 per cent ownership of Byredo, aiming to expand the brand into new product categories.—
Vogue Business Team,
Vogue,
4 Nov. 2025
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Much has already been written about the overwhelmingly negative reviews for the show, which some critics are ranking among the worst TV of all time.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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He's tied with Stafford and Maye for most completions on passes traveling longer than 20 yards downfield (17 each), while ranking first in completion rate on these throws by far (61 percent, with Hurts next at 52 percent).—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Garner takes the diary form, mixing the intimate, the intellectual, and the everyday, to new heights.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Cursed Daughters is more of an intergenerational saga, mixing comedy and tragedy in the way all families do.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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In 2025, the conforming loan limit for a single-family home is $1,209,750.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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Both shows mix humor, philosophy, and principled outrage, riding the roller coaster of daily life in a world of stunning beauty and glaring injustice instead of conforming to any prepackaged TV format.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Sorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorting. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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