of the sort
idiom
: like the person or thing mentioned
"You said you didn't like him." "I said nothing of the sort."
I would like to go to a movie or a concert, or something of the sort.
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Making a film in the U.S., which lacks federal tax incentives of the sort found in the U.K., Europe or Australia, can be 30 percent to 40 percent more expensive than doing it there.
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Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
There appeared to be no evidence in the committee of the sort of bipartisanship Gray had urged.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
That was a childish goal of the sort that had led her to challenge deëxtinction for so many years.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Just in recent weeks, Japan’s government bond market has had a price breakdown of the sort not seen since, perhaps, the late 1970s.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
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Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
There appeared to be no evidence in the committee of the sort of bipartisanship Gray had urged.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
That was a childish goal of the sort that had led her to challenge deëxtinction for so many years.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Just in recent weeks, Japan’s government bond market has had a price breakdown of the sort not seen since, perhaps, the late 1970s.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
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“Of the sort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20sort. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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