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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1. James Mattis:

   We're sorting out obviously a period with some tension there, trade tension and all, so we'll get to the bottom of it but I don't think that we're seeing a fundamental shift in anything, we're just going through one of those periodic points where we got to learn to manage our differences.

2. Daniel Mallinson:

   Penn State Harrisburg's probably my bigger concern, the legitimacy being undermined by these smaller things where there is a process for sorting them out.

3. 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.

4. Jonathan Knight:

   You see all your favorite characters and artifacts, whether it's the Sorting Hat, or Buckbeak, or whether it's Harry himself or Newt Scamander.

5. Chief Executive Antoine Frerot:

   The AKG plastics sorting technology is simple and cheap.