of the sort
idiom
: like the person or thing mentioned
"You said you didn't like him." "I said nothing of the sort."
I would like to go to a movie or a concert, or something of the sort.
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Maybe molecular computers, of the sort that other researchers are developing, would write the data into the cells.
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
Holding such institutions accountable is critical to ensuring students don't fall victim to deceptions of the sort that Trump University was charged with.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
To be fair, several of those movies lend themselves to criticism of the sort found in the infamous webcomic.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
There has been no evidence or information coming out of ICE or the Trump administration indicating anything of the sort.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
Holding such institutions accountable is critical to ensuring students don't fall victim to deceptions of the sort that Trump University was charged with.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
To be fair, several of those movies lend themselves to criticism of the sort found in the infamous webcomic.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
There has been no evidence or information coming out of ICE or the Trump administration indicating anything of the sort.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Of the sort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20sort. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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