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assort

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


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It is the chromosomes, not the individual genes, that assort independently.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2018

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

From Forbes Apr. 8, 2014

This occurs because chromosomes, on which the genes reside, assort independently during meiosis and crossovers cause most genes on the same chromosomes to also behave independently.

From Textbooks Apr. 25, 2013

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

From Scientific American Dec. 19, 2011

To assort the colors a very, correct eye is required, and those who do this part of the work make better wages than those who make the cigars.

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings

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

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The true teacher after large preparation assorts his material, and selects such matter as is appropriate to his own class.

From Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

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

She assorts and arranges her goods by the law of the winds and the tides.

From Time and Change by John Burroughs

Then I proceed with the distinction, how ill fancy assorts with imagination, as instanced in Milton's Limbo.

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge

Clover’s long, tasseled ears collect leaves, grass, and assorted debris on walks, and she scratches them out semiregularly.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2026

Swansea Crown Court heard the lamb products of Kismet Kebabs Ltd, based in Essex, contained little actual lamb, but a mix of fat, skin, assorted meats and mechanically reclaimed meat products.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2026

The delivered price of aluminum in the U.S., with assorted charges and the tariff factored in, is $6,100 a metric ton, up 83% from a year ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

Then, he pursued assorted careers in indie publishing, urban planning and entrepreneurial research before conclusively binding himself to a literary life.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2026

May tossed a few other assorted instruments out of the closet, then turned around.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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

Mr. Campbell, the clerk in charge, cheerfully gave me the benefit of his experience in making out lists of such things as we were likely to want, and in assorting and packing them.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin




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