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“But if I’m like, I need to go through all those shelves back there and alphabetize my books and dust them and maybe paint the bookshelves,” she said, you might be “procrasticlearing.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2021

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

“We just want to alphabetize the word honki to make it catchy,” the broadcaster said in a statement Tuesday to The Japan Times.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2015

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

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

A local mortuary working with the county took possession of the other four bodies and the cremated remains and has since sorted and alphabetized the cremated remains.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 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

Shelves lining the walls reached from floor to ceiling, each packed full of titles, perfectly alphabetized and separated by genre.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

I ran back over to the Atari 2600 and searched through the giant rack of alphabetized game cartridges beside it until I found the one I was looking for: Adventure.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

Music Library: Church of the 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. 17, 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