sort through

phrasal verb

sorted through; sorting through; sorts through

: to look at things and put them in a particular order especially while searching for something

He sorted through the papers.

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Fashion catalogues are big, and AI can help sort through 15,000 products in the blink of an eye. —

Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2025 She's got to sort through a massive amount of information every single day, decide what to present to the president. —

NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025 The months ahead will be a process in which the tax-writing committees in the House and Senate try to sort through the political trade-offs to arrive at a bill that can pass with near-unanimous Republican support. —

Neil Irwin, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025 The following day, rescuers were still trying to sort through the wreckage to reach those who’d been seated in the theater’s orchestra section. —

Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for sort through