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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About 900 volunteers and 70 board members sorted through donations and arranged them for sale in the 20 departments and subdepartments — furniture, clothing, shoes, electric items, jewelry, sports, toys, books and art, just to name a few. —

Ray Chavez, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025 The ensuing roster complications will not be easy for the Red Sox to sort through, but never mind that, either. —

Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 The Brennan Center at NYU Law School has sorted through them in a chart. —

Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025 So, take a few minutes to sort through your stash and contain items by type (spools of thread, embellishments, bottles of acrylic paint, and so on) before organizing them into containers with labels. —

Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for sort through