sorted

past tense of sort
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Recent Examples of sorted While there aren’t many settings for users to tweak with Offline Backup, stored songs can be sorted by artist, mood, and genre to make sifting through tracks easier. Tyler Hayes, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024 Once those get sorted, other needs start to come to the fore, particularly ones stemming from trauma and grief. Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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Verb
  • It was classified as dance/electronic and won.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The species is classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Israel pivots north Israel’s pivot from Gaza toward Lebanon coincided with the July 31, 2024, assassination of Hamas’ political bureau chairman, Haniyeh, during his stay in Tehran.
    Aaron Pilkington, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The team also observed short, intense bursts of gamma radiation from thunderstorms—similar to those originally detected by NASA satellites—which almost always coincided with lightning strikes.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • In a statement, Brentwood police Chief Timothy Herbert said the city agreed to settle the lawsuit to avoid further litigation and appeal costs.
    Jason Green, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • The municipal government of Lima, Peru, agreed to pay $6 million for the fleet to support a line between Lima and the district of Lurigancho-Chosica.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The last 8 teams will compete to determine the 2 teams to be relegated to the second division.
    Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • And though midnight movie screenings are still enjoyed by niche audiences, spook shows have been all but completely relegated to history.
    Scott Feinblatt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Ben Brown, a 49-year-old creative director in the United Kingdom, said his Sonos app still says his speakers are not connected.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • She, too, is connected to Bell, who was the voice of Gossip Girl herself, a fact a whole new generation will soon discover when the full series returns to American Netflix on October 29 (here's every single episode, ranked).
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Sustainability doesn’t fit squarely in the financial sector, so expect to see c-suite and executive level sustainability positions to be more commonplace as demand increases.
    Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Consumers can use their own image—which is analyzed by AI to determine precise measurements—to digitally see how garments from various brands and retailers would fit their bodies.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Watching her play was like watching a musician pull off increasingly sophisticated sleights of hand, but what truly distinguished Williams wasn’t the spectacle of her performance but the clarity of her compositions.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Ming Smith’s photography displayed at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art would be distinguished at any art museum in the nation.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Exasperated Cowboys want explanation for no-call on 49ers’ key touchdown pass Ricky Pearsall • WR Wide open most of the game, Pearsall looked like the perfect Niners’ receiver on his 46-yard touchdown catch, running a deep dig behind the linebackers.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Place eggs in an ice bath to cool or run under cold water 4.
    Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024

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“Sorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorted. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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