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as in traveled
to come or be together as friends
you should be careful about whom you sort with
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as in corresponded
to be in agreement on every point
that doesn't sort with what you said the last time
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as in classified
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 sorted
In other words, your clothes will last longer, look better, and keep their original color longer if they are sorted and washed separately.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
The trio is among the 87 teams participating across several divisions, sorted by age.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 May 2026
Dry waste is to be routed through material recovery facilities (MRF), where it is sorted and channeled for recycling or further processing.
—Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026
Medical equipment was being sorted and hauled away.
—Brian Unger, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Discarded clothing continues to arrive in this city, where it’s sorted, shredded and rewoven before re-entering global supply chains.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Claudio Villa/Getty Images For many Crystal Palace fans, flights have already been booked and accommodation sorted for the trip to Leipzig at the end of May.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 6 May 2026
The app provides a list of stations that can be sorted by price, distance or both.
—Jeff A. Chamer
may 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
Lawmakers received word of the USDA decision Tuesday morning, Thompson said, and more details will be sorted soon.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
The trio is among the 87 teams participating across several divisions, sorted by age.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 May 2026
Dry waste is to be routed through material recovery facilities (MRF), where it is sorted and channeled for recycling or further processing.
—Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026
Medical equipment was being sorted and hauled away.
—Brian Unger, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Discarded clothing continues to arrive in this city, where it’s sorted, shredded and rewoven before re-entering global supply chains.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Claudio Villa/Getty Images For many Crystal Palace fans, flights have already been booked and accommodation sorted for the trip to Leipzig at the end of May.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 6 May 2026
The app provides a list of stations that can be sorted by price, distance or both.
—Jeff A. Chamer
may 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
Lawmakers received word of the USDA decision Tuesday morning, Thompson said, and more details will be sorted soon.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorted
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Here was a man who had conquered eight halls of fame, had traveled the world many times over, and nothing compared to his home.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Prosecutors allege Gitesatani traveled to Los Angeles to attend the protest.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 May 2026
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The initiative confirmed that the number tracking device found on the dead animal corresponded with the one that had been attached to the whale, German news agency dpa reported.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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Epstein and Wade, who was born in Paris and studied at the Sorbonne, struck up a relationship that lasted several years and corresponded regularly, the records show.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Rail freight, a faster and cheaper alternative, was blocked after Zheng’s smart helmets were classified as sensitive dual-use goods, given the active conflict zones along the route.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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Uber’s last big ballot fight, on which together with Lyft the company spent $200 million, was a successful campaign to pass a measure that kept gig workers classified as independent contractors, not full-time employees.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Contact each creditor or debt collector associated with a fraudulent account.—
Miranda Marquit,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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Because the mineral contains titanium and potassium, and those elements are associated with the rocks in Earth’s crust, the researchers think kopylovite is produced when sediments sink into the mantle in subduction zones atop slabs of oceanic crust.—
James Dinneen,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Buyer demand stalled at the beginning of the spring housing market, which coincided with the start of the war with Iran.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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Lorena and the Current back-line It isn’t a coincidence that the return of the Current’s stingy, proactive and aggressive defense coincided with the return of the pairing that helped set a league record for consecutive minutes without conceding.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Multiple studies in 2024–26 have ranked San Jose as the least affordable housing market in the United States, based on comparisons of home prices to local incomes.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Seahawks, Week 7 Based on the all-encompassing DVOA metrics, Seattle finished last season ranked first in overall, pass and run defense.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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This would be an entertaining video to show up on your doom scroll late at night, seeing how paint colors can be mixed and matched to present the color of your opponent, but two and a half minutes of this?—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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The state passed legislation in 2023 and adopted a Bill of Rights for English Language Learners in 2024, but implementation has been mixed and funding is lacking.—
Mariana Navarrete Villegas,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
Verb
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The league has conformed to The King’s whims.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The goal is to wring as much production out of each athlete rather than implement a cohesive strategy that must be conformed to.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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“Sorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorted. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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