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assort

[uh-sawrt] / əˈsɔrt /
VERB
arrange or order
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STRONG


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Therefore, genes that are far apart on the same chromosome are likely to still assort independently because of recombination events that occurred in the intervening chromosomal space.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The law states that alleles of different genes assort independently of one another during gamete formation.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

This data helps retailers better understand their customers, leading to improvements in how they assort and design stores.Participation.

From Forbes ● Apr. 8, 2014

Many species, including primates and wolves, assort themselves by means of a dominance hierarchy.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 19, 2011

He undertook to assort the correspondence, and forward it to Montreal and Toronto by queen's messengers.

From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Sir William Smith

The values along each forked pathway can be multiplied because each gene assorts independently.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The crowd assorts itself as the people do who line the barriers at a bull-fight: those who have parasols, to the shadow; those who have barely a hat, to the sun.

From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote

The "Hall" would likewise appear to be divided into two tenements, which but ill assorts with its original appropriation; though we are not to consider these deviations as affecting the architectural character or identity.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 573, October 27, 1832 by Various

And here lies the weakness of the epicurean and artistic attitude, that it assorts so ill with the harder and grimmer facts of life.

From At Large by Arthur Christopher Benson

Next day he assorts the packages of a group in a till similar to those already described, except that it is laid flat upon a low counter.

From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various

Inside were my elementary school report cards, two programs from concerts I played as a percussionist with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and other assorted evidence of a childhood.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Supplies for the vessels—food, fuel, assorted goods for the shops on board—come from local suppliers in the region or from ports, especially in Bahrain, where ships with the Navy’s Combat Logistics Command bring in supplies.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

After leaving professional campaign consulting in the mid-1990s, and making a substantial fortune in real estate, Reilly gave prolifically to various charities and assorted civic caucuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

In many ways, the entire project feels like an action-comedy response to the assorted woman-centric series produced by Reese Witherspoon and/or Nicole Kidman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Father Time and Game Time and the Second Guessers and the Minute Men and Dr. Medina, with a pack of assorted animals who all seemed to, oddly, follow her every command, were present.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Note that we are assuming the interacting genes are not linked; they are still assorting independently into gametes.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Mr Baker seems to be randomly assorting clips for a montage, and the characters feel so real and idiosyncratic that it’s riveting even without a clear sense of plot or direction.

From Economist ● Sep. 13, 2017

The same is true of Comic-Con’s purpose for the publishers, studios and assorting celebrities and creators who are involved.

From Time ● Sep. 5, 2012

Even without the new additions, Yale custodians had years of editing and assorting ahead of them.

From Time Magazine Archive

The use of travelling post offices, with mail clerks assorting and distributing the mails from the railways in the course of their trips, was an early feature of the postal service in Canada.

From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Sir William Smith


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