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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
With the titling issues sorted, Arkell said the developers will start with building out roads, sewers and utility lines, and clear the 50-acre property over the next eight to 10 months in order to make way for building construction.
—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
6 July 2026
At Yogyakarta’s Piyungan landfill in Indonesia, a city’s waste is sorted by scavengers and consumed by cows, quietly piling up into a hill, with their forms mirroring the landscape of trash around them.
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Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
The comments sorted themselves into camps, each revealing something interesting about how our society has come to think about motherhood, sacrifice and raising children.
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Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
This compact organizer is designed to keep small travel essentials neatly sorted.
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Michelle Parente,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2026
Otherwise, the underpinnings are perfectly sorted.
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Utkarsh Sood
june 27,
New Atlas,
27 June 2026
This is Graham’s first offseason in charge, and it won’t all get sorted immediately.
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Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
While much of that has been gone over for the archive, items in a filing cabinet at the house had not been sorted.
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Sean Clancy,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2026
In newer versions of iOS, unknown senders can be sorted into a separate area.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
6 July 2026
At Yogyakarta’s Piyungan landfill in Indonesia, a city’s waste is sorted by scavengers and consumed by cows, quietly piling up into a hill, with their forms mirroring the landscape of trash around them.
—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
The comments sorted themselves into camps, each revealing something interesting about how our society has come to think about motherhood, sacrifice and raising children.
—
Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
This compact organizer is designed to keep small travel essentials neatly sorted.
—
Michelle Parente,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2026
Otherwise, the underpinnings are perfectly sorted.
—
Utkarsh Sood
june 27,
New Atlas,
27 June 2026
This is Graham’s first offseason in charge, and it won’t all get sorted immediately.
—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
While much of that has been gone over for the archive, items in a filing cabinet at the house had not been sorted.
—
Sean Clancy,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2026
In newer versions of iOS, unknown senders can be sorted into a separate area.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorted
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Luke Russert traveled to foreign countries in grief Russert later attended Boston College and graduated in 2008.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert sign has traveled from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York to a restaurant in Southern California.
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To discover that the notes corresponded to where there was more human activity was really very moving.
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In Conversation with Peter Mishler For this installment in a long-running series of interviews with contemporary poets, contributing editor Peter Mishler corresponded with poet Ye Hui.
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Even in Caracas, where only five buildings collapsed, Rodríguez said at least 30 additional structures have already been classified as unsafe.
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Royalties and license fees are classified as ordinary income under the tax code, taxed at the same rates as wages, not the preferential long-term capital gains rates that apply to appreciated assets held over a year.
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Typically, El Niño is associated with wetter-than-normal conditions during the winter in Southern California.
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By triggering the release of a natural growth factor in the brain and modulating neural pathways associated with addiction and reward, ibogaine restores healthy dopamine function and reduces cravings, Barsuglia said.
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This has coincided with government officials appearing more open to widespread use of air conditioning.
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Those investments have coincided with a broader shift in inventory management.
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MoneyLion ranked the nation's 50 most affluent suburbs by household income, as measured in the 2024 American Community Survey.
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Sherman’s March, which won the Grand Jury prize at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival, was ranked as one of the highest-grossing documentary films of all time until the mid-1990s.
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Ureña, a 22-year-old right-hander who has emerged as another potential ace, speaks of Soriano with a giddy amusement mixed with a solemn respect for how the starter has survived in the big leagues.
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The material has been designed as a partial replacement and can be mixed into standard concrete recipes to replace up to 30% of Portland cement.
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That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.
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Those interested in 529 savings plans should beware that not all states have fully conformed their income tax codes to the federal code.
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“Sorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorted. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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