sort
noun
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature.
have sorted
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present perfectof sort.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since Monroe took over as the fund’s portfolio manager late in 2019, we have sorted the list of peers by five-year average annual returns.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
The history of public housing amounts to a history of social engineers trying to unsort people who have sorted themselves a certain way for various reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
Other critics have sorted through Perry’s talent and career highlights more extensively and meticulously than I could without simply relitigating what he brought to one of the most consistently popular TV shows ever.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2023
By then, the AFC will have sorted out its impressive collection of contenders.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2021
Based on these mini-experiments, modern grammarians have sorted words into grammatical categories that sometimes differ from the traditional pigeonholes.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
