sort through
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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The Dodgers have sorted through different mental cues to try to line things up.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 May 2026
The 48-year-old journalist and Today with Jenna & Sheinelle co-host opened up about sorting through her packed basement while preparing to move houses for the first time in years.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
He wasn’t charged until after investigators sorted through his other aliases, which included Joseph Shnorock, Jim Kelley, Joe Schorck, James Elizarrey and James Blizarrey, the AP reported.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Phone data, surveillance video, GPS data, app and cloud records and social media accounts also create mountains of information investigators must sort through piece by piece.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 12 May 2026
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 May 2026
The 48-year-old journalist and Today with Jenna & Sheinelle co-host opened up about sorting through her packed basement while preparing to move houses for the first time in years.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
He wasn’t charged until after investigators sorted through his other aliases, which included Joseph Shnorock, Jim Kelley, Joe Schorck, James Elizarrey and James Blizarrey, the AP reported.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Phone data, surveillance video, GPS data, app and cloud records and social media accounts also create mountains of information investigators must sort through piece by piece.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 12 May 2026
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“Sort through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sort%20through. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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