sort
noun
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature.
had sorted
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past perfectof sort.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But days after the foreign medical supplies began entering the country, hospital workers told his daughter Jackie Mendoza that they had sorted it out and would be able to finish treating her father for free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
She added that she couldn't move on from Paul's death until she had sorted out the Capita pension.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Bobba had sorted people with a Social Security number by age and found more than 12 million over 120 years old still listed in the agency’s data.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025
Martinez had sorted through the same Lake Elsinore core sample—including at the key time period—for flecks of charcoal that could reveal the region’s history of wildfire.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2023
“No, we got wind of a nasty backfiring jinx down in Elephant and Castle, but luckily the Magical Law Enforcement Squad had sorted it out by the time we got there...”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
