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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After eight games of the sort of tennis the world has come to expect from these two stars, Djokovic sprinted to a drop shot and lunged to get the ball back, coming up just short.
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Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Renesas has been a long time supplier of the sort of traditional low power microcontrollers used in the auto industry for decades.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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
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Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Renesas has been a long time supplier of the sort of traditional low power microcontrollers used in the auto industry for decades.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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
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“Of the sort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20sort. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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