alphabetize
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It’s going to be a long list, so you can click on the “Process Name” heading to alphabetize the list for an easier find.
From The Verge ● Jul. 6, 2021
Pause for an embarrassed silence … All my adult life I’ve kept vowing to alphabetize my library, but I never had the time — I was far too busy searching for books I couldn’t find.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
It’ll be a perfect opportunity to finally dust above your curtain rods or alphabetize those book shelves.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2018
They tinkered with computers, programming them to alphabetize their homework.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2016
To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
My wife then divides hers into region and alphabetizes them by last name of author, but I am too lazy.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2020
There’s one that can help me when I dine out and another that alphabetizes my favorite recipes, like an ingredients-only weight loss cookbook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2016
This, in his view, had multiple advantages, which he alphabetizes as Affiliation, Bonding, Categorization, Discernment, Employment, Freedom and God.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Sister Rose is so organized that she alphabetizes her kitchen so that the allspice would be stored next to the ant poison.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Then we have a second list that is every single member of Congress, alphabetized by last name.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2023
Her spices were alphabetized, her cutlery all had to face the same direction in the drawer and her chocolate chip cookies were somehow all identical.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022
“I suffer from CDO. That’s OCD, but the letters are alphabetized like they need to be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2022
Each shelf was completely full of titles, which were perfectly alphabetized and separated by genre.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
And how even the most organized trailer with nice curtains and a nice lamp and an alphabetized DVD collection is worth nothing if...
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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Often, the instinct is to just begin: grab a garbage bag, empty the freezer, start wiping baseboards, briefly consider alphabetizing your spices.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
In fact, I’m buying and alphabetizing compact discs again.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2018
Marshall said he is in the process of alphabetizing the others, as well as attaching information on the wrench and the company it came from.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2017
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Music Library: Epiphany’s music director would appreciate a volunteer to help with organizing the music library, including alphabetizing, rearranging shelves, labeling boxes, and updating the music library spreadsheet.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2017
I can’t put everything back together or I’ll find myself alphabetizing all the books and taping the map back together.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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