alphabetize

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Recent Examples of alphabetize Beyond those bins sat aisle after aisle of records, alphabetized and by genre. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024 His recommendations are alphabetized and listed below. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024 Read on for more about all the Jewish and Israeli medalists, alphabetized and in order of medal type. Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024 In my household, nobody studied a foreign language or alphabetized their bookshelves. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024 Though Fubo doesn't alphabetize its channels, the platform earns points for keeping your 'favorited' channels at the top of the guide. Kaitlin Marks, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2022 On a particularly frustrating day, when everyone’s technology needed rebooting and her third-graders struggled to alphabetize a list of words, Ms. A could push and encourage her in-person students. Washington Post, 10 July 2021 Ahead of the election, workers can make sure the certificate envelope has all the necessary signatures, sort the ballots into 325 wards and alphabetize them. Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2020 Another site, called Candor, keeps a crowdsourced, alphabetized tally of companies that shows who's hiring and who's got a freeze on—for now. Anne Fisher, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alphabetize
Verb
  • In any event, Washington’s intervention in a case after criminal charges have already been filed —absent new developments — would be highly unusual, as the Daily News has previously reported.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Enter Dan Loeb and Third Point who, on Jan. 29, 2025, filed a 13D declaring beneficial ownership of 9.89% of the company’s Class A stock with an accompanying letter to the board of Soho House.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • But, what the government didn’t reveal is that the virus had already been sequenced in Chinese laboratories, and found to be very similar to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The company has sequenced what Lamm described as the highest-quality ancient genome to date for any animal.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The first phase prioritizes sick, elderly and female hostages.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Historically, shoppers prioritize price, selection, and value.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Professional, organized thieves swooping into stores in groups to steal high-demand items to sell on the black market.
    Cailey Locklair, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Soccer Three top players in Southern Section girls soccer have been ruled ineligible for the rest of the season for taking part in a training camp organized by a pro team.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Trump already signed an executive order proclaiming that all people must be categorized as either men or women, a move that could pave the way to widespread discriminatory practices against transgender and non-binary people.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The galleries are categorized according to three themes — religion, kingship, and society — and divided into historical eras: Predynastic, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, the Late Kingdom, Ptolemaic (Greek) Egypt, and the Roman period.
    Kate McMahon, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2025

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