sort of thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsortandthing
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sort
noun
uk/sɔːt/us/sɔːrt/
a group of things that are of the same type or that share ...
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thing
noun
uk/θɪŋ/us/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofsortandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsort of thing
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Narrow interests might not be well served by thissortofthing, but other insights compensate.
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It is a disparate, aggregatesortofthing.
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Is it only old greybeards that talk about thissortofthingnowadays?
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I have a gardener and thatsortofthing.
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I think thatsortofthingshould be more central to the course.
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That is, the object must be the rightsortofthing.
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They don't do it and you forget all about itsortofthing.
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Formerly thissortofthingwas done empirically.
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It's impossible to think of thatsortofthinghappening nowadays!
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Choosing simply isn't thesortofthingone can do inadvertently.
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But would thissortofthingwork for drug companies?
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It isn't thatsortofthingat all.
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This is thesortofthingthat has escaped our awareness until now.
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Writing the same sort of notes is not doing the samesortofthing.
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They read thatsortofthingas fast as a night-hawk will whir.
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Why do parents want thissortofthingfor their children?
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It could be that only professional lexicographers complain about thissortofthing.
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It is absurd because the law cannot be thesortofthingthat is unknowable.
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Does anyone stay up at night worrying about thissortofthing?
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