Synonyms for sorting
sort·ing

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1. sort, sortingnoun

   an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

   "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"

   Synonyms:
   variety, classification, form, categorization, categorisation, kind, sort

2. classification, categorization, categorisation, sortingnoun

   the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

   Synonyms:
   classification, categorisation, categorization, compartmentalisation, sort, assortment, compartmentalization

3. sortingnoun

   grouping by class or kind or size

   Synonyms:
   sort, classification, categorization, categorisation

Matched Categories

1. • Basic Cognitive Process
   • Grouping
   • Operation

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1. List of paraphrases for "sorting":

   triage, yard, sort, tri, classification, trier, counting, shunting, marshalling, classifying

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How to use sorting in a sentence?

1. Richard Baum:

   I just think we can't stand still, the sorting problem is so huge that we need better quality data earlier.

2. Wang Yi:

   China will never interfere in the internal affairs of the United States, and we trust that the American people are capable of sorting out their own problems.

3. Bernard Swiecki:

   Sorting out the unionization of the EV battery plants probably makes this the most interesting set of negotiations since the bankruptcy era.

4. President Barack Obama:

   What used to be racial segregation now mirrors itself in class segregation, this great sorting (has) taken place. It creates its own politics. There are some communities where not only do I not know poor people, I don't even know people who have trouble paying the bills at the end of the month. I just don't know those people. And so there's less sense of investment in those children.

5. Lynn Vavreck:

   This is the long arc of history, there are these moments that exacerbate things, like Trump running for that nomination in 2016 : If he hadn't run, the sorting would probably be taking a little longer. But it was always marching in that direction. You try to just ask yourself what stops it, or what reverses it, or what slows it ? ... I can't come up with a good answer to that question.