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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At the moment, Meta’s platforms don’t offer much of the sort of context Mosseri posted about today, although the company recently hinted at big coming changes to its content rules.
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 15 Dec. 2024
Arkani-Hamed and his collaborators aspire to bring about a conceptual revolution of the sort that rocked physics in the late 1700s.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
It’s grounded in details of the times that inspired it — the Depression, World War II — but its vision of holiday kindness, and of the sort of country most of us would want to live in and the values of kindness and generosity most of us share, remains timeless.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
What’s premiering on Amazon Prime Video is the six-part first season of an ongoing series, when the plot gives all indications that its ideal incarnation would be as a charming 90-minute indie movie of the sort that once would have prompted a Sundance bidding war.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 15 Dec. 2024
Arkani-Hamed and his collaborators aspire to bring about a conceptual revolution of the sort that rocked physics in the late 1700s.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
It’s grounded in details of the times that inspired it — the Depression, World War II — but its vision of holiday kindness, and of the sort of country most of us would want to live in and the values of kindness and generosity most of us share, remains timeless.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
What’s premiering on Amazon Prime Video is the six-part first season of an ongoing series, when the plot gives all indications that its ideal incarnation would be as a charming 90-minute indie movie of the sort that once would have prompted a Sundance bidding war.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Of the sort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20sort. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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