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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Moore previously had two execution dates postponed as the state sorted through issues that created a 13-year pause in the death penalty, including companies' refusal to sell the state lethal injection drugs, a hurdle that was solved by passing a secrecy law.
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Jeffrey Collins The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
But my wife showed me how those parts of jigsaw puzzles can actually be fun: there’s something satisfying and meditative about working through those frustrations, sorting through the mess, and putting a picture together, one piece at a time, over the course of a few hours.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2024
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The faked video showed a person sorting through what looked like mail ballots labeled as coming from Bucks County.
—Melissa Goldin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
The Department of Defense had undertaken the arduous task of disinterring and sorting through the commingled skeletons.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Jeffrey Collins The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
But my wife showed me how those parts of jigsaw puzzles can actually be fun: there’s something satisfying and meditative about working through those frustrations, sorting through the mess, and putting a picture together, one piece at a time, over the course of a few hours.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2024
Advertisement World & Nation Your guide to the major party presidential candidates’ views on foreign policy
Oct. 22, 2024
The faked video showed a person sorting through what looked like mail ballots labeled as coming from Bucks County.
—Melissa Goldin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
The Department of Defense had undertaken the arduous task of disinterring and sorting through the commingled skeletons.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Sort through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sort%20through. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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