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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Carissa Cabrera filmed herself using a screen sifter to sort through the sand on a local beach.
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Mixed opening moved market sideways Stocks opened mixed Tuesday as investors sorted through a flood of earnings reports and a fresh round of political drama.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
The cousins are content to spend the weekend holed up with each other, sorting through the past and measuring the distance between them.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Software engineers typically develop software at a rapid pace, and then security teams are forced to play catch-up, sorting through bug reports for an overwhelming amount of code.
—Pieter Danhieux, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Mixed opening moved market sideways Stocks opened mixed Tuesday as investors sorted through a flood of earnings reports and a fresh round of political drama.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
The cousins are content to spend the weekend holed up with each other, sorting through the past and measuring the distance between them.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Software engineers typically develop software at a rapid pace, and then security teams are forced to play catch-up, sorting through bug reports for an overwhelming amount of code.
—Pieter Danhieux, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sort through
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“Sort through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sort%20through. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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