of the sort

idiom

: like the person or thing mentioned
"You said you didn't like him." "I said nothing of the sort."
I would like to go to a movie or a concert, or something of the sort.

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That seems clearly to be a subcategory of the sort of natural changes within that organism’s life span. Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024 The study in question, however, didn’t conclude anything of the sort. Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Oct. 2024 Some said that Neely didn’t say anything of the sort. Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024 The change in the Democratic candidate is the result, of course, of a debate of the sort that F.D.R. sidestepped. The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for of the sort 

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“Of the sort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20sort. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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