Examples of alphabetize in a Sentence
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Perhaps most radical is Barnett’s decision to alphabetize contributors by first names.
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Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The seating was carefully managed, based on categories like reigning monarchs, heads of state and heads of government, and further alphabetized within those groups.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
There are some who seem to have the innate ability to keep their spices alphabetized, their clothes separated by color and season, and power cords neatly wound all in one place.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 26 Mar. 2025
However, law firm websites typically alphabetize by last name.
—Peter Boyd, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Beyond those bins sat aisle after aisle of records, alphabetized and by genre.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
His recommendations are alphabetized and listed below.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
Read on for more about all the Jewish and Israeli medalists, alphabetized and in order of medal type.
—Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
In my household, nobody studied a foreign language or alphabetized their bookshelves.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Alphabetize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alphabetize. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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alphabetize
verb
al·pha·bet·ize
ˈal-fə-bə-ˌtīz 
alphabetized; alphabetizing
: to arrange in alphabetical order
alphabetization
noun
ˌal-fə-ˌbet-ə-ˈzā-shən
alphabetizer
noun
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