of the sort

phrase

: 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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But criminal charges of the sort described by Hegseth are sure to be a bigger deterrent than being banned from the Kalshi or Polymarket platforms. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026 Lane was intending to offer contemporary fiction of the sort published in hardback for 7s 6d at a much lower paperback price. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 Elia Kazan’s 1955 adaptation of East of Eden is a bold prestige melodrama of the sort Hollywood rarely makes these days. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026 There’s a fragmented culture where all corners of the entertainment world are struggling to produce new versions of the sort of ubiquitous, four-quadrant successes that consumers recall as regular occurrences in earlier decades. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for of the sort

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“Of the sort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20sort. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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