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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Among the top policy priorities this year for Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, and Speaker Burrows, occupational licensing reform of the sort found in HB 1803/SB 1109 is most likely to garner bipartisan support.
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Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Deliberative and participatory local democracy of the sort that has a long pedigree in America is withering as a result.
— Made By History, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
On the prospect of the Academy walking away from its longstanding acting categories to adopt genderless lead and supporting categories of the sort already employed by the Gotham and Spirit awards…
There are no plans to do so.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Maybe molecular computers, of the sort that other researchers are developing, would write the data into the cells.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
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Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Deliberative and participatory local democracy of the sort that has a long pedigree in America is withering as a result.
— Made By History, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
On the prospect of the Academy walking away from its longstanding acting categories to adopt genderless lead and supporting categories of the sort already employed by the Gotham and Spirit awards…
There are no plans to do so.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Maybe molecular computers, of the sort that other researchers are developing, would write the data into the cells.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Of the sort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20sort. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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