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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But those with kids will have to sort through their grief while helping their children navigate the aftermath.
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Sharisse Tracey, Parents, 17 Jan. 2025
Image Starting in the living room, Ms. Kojima and her husband began sorting through baskets filled with old pens, gaming devices and tangles of charging cords.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The jury will have to consider three months’ worth of evidence and sort through more than 100 pages of complex jury instructions before rendering a verdict.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Ruffin, like so many others who lost homes in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, was also busy sorting through insurance matters and temporary housing options.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Sharisse Tracey, Parents, 17 Jan. 2025
Image Starting in the living room, Ms. Kojima and her husband began sorting through baskets filled with old pens, gaming devices and tangles of charging cords.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The jury will have to consider three months’ worth of evidence and sort through more than 100 pages of complex jury instructions before rendering a verdict.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Ruffin, like so many others who lost homes in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, was also busy sorting through insurance matters and temporary housing options.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Sort through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sort%20through. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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