of the sort
idiom
: like the person or thing mentioned
"You said you didn't like him." "I said nothing of the sort."
I would like to go to a movie or a concert, or something of the sort.
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That seems clearly to be a subcategory of the sort of natural changes within that organism’s life span.
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Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
The study in question, however, didn’t conclude anything of the sort.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Oct. 2024
Some said that Neely didn’t say anything of the sort.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
The change in the Democratic candidate is the result, of course, of a debate of the sort that F.D.R. sidestepped.
—The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
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Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
The study in question, however, didn’t conclude anything of the sort.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Oct. 2024
Some said that Neely didn’t say anything of the sort.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
The change in the Democratic candidate is the result, of course, of a debate of the sort that F.D.R. sidestepped.
—The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Of the sort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20sort. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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