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Recent Examples of assort Beloved by millions, and a baffling structure of seemingly endless movies and assorted other media to millions more. Barry Levitt, Vulture, 25 July 2024 Oz may care about Victor and assorted other people here and there, but Sofia has genuinely done nothing wrong. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 Depending on the time of year, Jupiter, Venus, assorted double stars, clusters, and nebulae might be visible from Griffith Observatory. Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024 His new neighbors were beatniks, tweedy anarchists and assorted other young people on holiday from families and careers. Alex Traub, New York Times, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for assort 
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  • Calculated by dividing a person's weight by their height, the result then classifies individuals into categories: underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Loot boxes are banned in many EU countries, such as the Netherlands and Belgium, as they are classified as a form of gambling, while countries like Spain and the UK are considering stricter regulations.
    Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • Higher education is also evolving, with institutions such as Georgia Tech and Carnegie Mellon embedding AI into their curricula and offering personalized learning experiences that blend technical skills with interpersonal development.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The Age of Adaline is a timeless tale that blends love, science and fate.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • Last May, Italian player Jannik Sinner—who is currently ranked number one in the world and clinched his second successive Australian Open—went public with his romance with Russian player Anna Kalinskaya.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Kansas came into Saturday ranked No. 328 in 3-point rate, but that certainly wasn’t the case vs. the Cougars.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
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  • This focus correlates economics (wealthier zip codes -> better higher schools -> better CS classes, clubs, etc.) and also, to a lesser but still large degree, to race.
    Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Taxi drivers, for example, have lower life expectancy than most other occupations, and particularly good memory early in one’s life might be expected to be positively correlated with education, lifetime income, and life expectancy.
    Christopher M. Worsham, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
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  • Most immigrants without legal status in the state, about 2.4 million people, have resided here for more than a decade, a factor that distinguishes California from other parts of the country.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Provide practical strategies for reducing discretionary spending, distinguishing needs from wants and finding low-cost alternatives to expensive habits.
    Tor Constantino, MBA, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • The pattern uncovered by the team corresponds with models that suggest black holes grow through repeat collisions in densely packed star clusters.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement World & Nation ‘TikTok refugees’ unexpectedly turn to Chinese alternative as ban looms Jan. 14, 2025 Police said Brainard’s Tinder account was used to correspond with the man.
    Kathy McCormack and Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • From Campaign Promise to Reality Ulbricht, now 40, was convicted in 2015 of multiple charges including distributing narcotics, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiring to commit computer hacking, and money laundering.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Harris and Emhoff met with volunteers working for World Central Kitchen, the nonprofit organization founded by chef José Andrés that is distributing free meals in Altadena and Pacific Palisades.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • Faustino Romero De La Cruz admitted in a plea agreement to coordinating the transportation of more than 10 migrants from Mexico to the United States in a boat that ended up capsizing on the morning of April 10, 2022.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
  • When activated, the state’s severe cold weather protocol allows state agencies and municipalities to coordinate with homeless shelters and a 24-hour hotline for community services to ensure anyone in need can receive shelter from the outdoors, including transportation to shelters.
    Julie Walker, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Assort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assort. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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