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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Both machines have 2560 x 1600 QHD panels with 3ms response time and up to 300Hz refresh (240Hz on the 16-inch), but there’s no fancy tandem OLED or anything of the sort like Alienware’s parent company Dell put in its upcoming Pro Premium laptop. —

Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025 Mangione doesn't call for the overthrow of the U.S. political system, an end to capitalism, or anything of the sort. —

Max Abrahms and Joseph Mroszczyk, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024 None led to large open pits of the sort Hudbay plans, but remnants and rock piles are apparent around the range. —

Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024 In short, the information center was a reference library, staffed with reference librarians, of the sort that would become commonplace in the 1980s. —

IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for of the sort