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.

Examples of sort through in a Sentence

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Working to sort through the MrBeast Company Chat Logs. —

Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 The video showed a person sorting through what looked like mail ballots labeled as coming from Bucks County. —

Ali Swenson, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024 But when sorting through Halloween treats, Peanut M&Ms, 100 Grands, and Almond Joys may be better options over Rolos, Krackels, and Crunches. —

Christopher Damman, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 Zoom in: The unit was deployed to Birmingham, England, in 1945 and tasked with sorting through a backlog of 17 million undelivered pieces of mail, some of which were up to three years old, for the 7.5 million U.S. service members in Europe. —

Jeremy Duda, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sort through