sort through
phrasal verb
sorted through; sorting through; sorts through
: to look at things and put them in a particular order especially while searching for something
He sorted through the papers.
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Head coach Raheem Morris and offensive line coach Dwayne Ledford now have to sort through several options.
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Cecil Merkerson Iii, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Maybe that's scheduling focused work time for your first day back to catch up, or asking a colleague to sort through emails and flag only the truly urgent ones.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
During sleep, the human brain sorts through different memories, consolidating important ones while discarding those that don’t matter.
—Will Knight, Wired News, 20 Aug. 2025
The 65,000-square-foot flagship comprises a 31,000-square-foot retail floor and a donation sorting area where employees sort through donations and price over 57,000 items every week.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
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Cecil Merkerson Iii, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Maybe that's scheduling focused work time for your first day back to catch up, or asking a colleague to sort through emails and flag only the truly urgent ones.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
During sleep, the human brain sorts through different memories, consolidating important ones while discarding those that don’t matter.
—Will Knight, Wired News, 20 Aug. 2025
The 65,000-square-foot flagship comprises a 31,000-square-foot retail floor and a donation sorting area where employees sort through donations and price over 57,000 items every week.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Sort through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sort%20through. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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