Example Sentences

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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

It said the crew did not summon police upon landing in New Delhi as they believed that the two had sorted out the issue on their own.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2023

After Dora and I had sorted through our plunder, and counted and sampled and traded until we were satisfied, her mother drove me back to my house.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri