Example Sentences

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One sorter uses AI to identify aluminum beverage cans.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

For instance, one peak summer afternoon, with every conveyor belt, boarding gate and baggage sorter running at full blast, can set the airport’s electricity rate for the entire month.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Importantly, the low-cost microfluidic sorter, which can be produced at scale with standard manufacturing techniques, does not use any type of filtration.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024

Advice from Wirecutter: Try a timesaving laundry sorter.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

“Dat chastisin’ feelin’ he totes sorter gives yuh de protolapsis uh de cutinary linin’.”

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston