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[sawrt] / sɔrt /

NOUN

type, variety

Synonyms

STRONGEST

array character description kind lot nature number quality set style

STRONG

batch battery body brand breed category class clutch denomination family genus group ilk likes make order parcel race species stamp stripe suite

WEAK

likes of

Antonyms

STRONG

individual one

VERB

place in order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrange catalogue categorize comb cull separate sift

STRONG

assort choose class classify distribute divide file grade group order peg pick pigeonhole rank riddle screen select systematize tab typecast winnow

WEAK

button down put down as put down for put in order put in shape put to rights size up

Antonyms

STRONG

collect disarrange disorder disorganize gather hold keep maintain mix up refuse reject scatter

Example Sentences

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“There shouldn’t be some sort of untouchables list of people who are immune from enforcement.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

The result is bright, bracing and deeply satisfying — the sort of meal that tastes like it should cost considerably more than it did.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Consider what Brunson said recently in response to being asked to share the basketball more, the sort of glory-curbing request that can irk an NBA star.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

He then told her he would "sort it out for you to go in the paper, don't worry about that", she recalled.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

It was sort of funny that I was right above her now.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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