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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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“It was always something of interest to me, outer space and rockets and that sort of stuff.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

“It’s not a blip, what’s going on—there is a sort of larger spark,” said EPI President Heidi Shierholz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“It’s sort of like outsourcing your workout to someone else and expecting to get stronger. Muscles — physical and cognitive — just don’t work like that.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

The pope has spoken about the challenges and opportunities of the digital age for the young and devoted his first encyclical -- a sort of papal manifesto -- to artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

This seemed like the sort of conversation two friends would have during a late-night heart-to-heart, not a casual chat between two strangers digging in the dirt.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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