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Idioms and Phrases

Also, of a sort . Of a kind, especially a mediocre or somewhat different kind. For example, He was wearing a jacket of sorts but no tie , or They established a constitutional government of a sort . [c. 1900]
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The Clippers played perhaps their best defense of the series, holding the Nuggets to 40.3% shooting and 26.9% from three-point range while keeping their offense out of sorts all game.

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This is Bass’ second visit to the state Capitol in as many months — a homecoming of sorts for a former Assembly speaker who helped navigate the state’s 2009 budget crisis.

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It’s actually a practical joke that morphed into a meme-based “fan account,” which then transformed into a digital neighborhood hangout of sorts, before recently turning into its own online shop for those “in on the joke.”

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It took him five minutes to release the pressure valve, of sorts, that had been building as the doomed Foxes frustrated Liverpool.

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Miles became my artistic guru of sorts.

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