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- verb Present participle of
alphabetize .
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Examples
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But my wife insists on this bizarre organizational system called "alphabetizing," I don't quite get it myself, but I humor her.
Stuff accomplished over Thanksgiving yendi 2005
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The questions test clerical skills, such as alphabetizing names, arranging dates chronologically and grouping records by sex or Social Security number.
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On the start-up's website, people post missions of any kind: alphabetizing files, picking up dinner ingredients, picking up dry-cleaning, or walking the dog.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: College Students Run Missions For Money Youth Radio -- Youth Media International 2010
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On the start-up's website, people post missions of any kind: alphabetizing files, picking up dinner ingredients, picking up dry-cleaning, or walking the dog.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: College Students Run Missions For Money Youth Radio -- Youth Media International 2010
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Milton Wilks, an anal-retentive librarian from Greenbrier County, was alphabetizing his coupons.
365 tomorrows » 2008 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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At this point in my first pregnancy, I was totally prepared for the arrival of the baby and for any and all potential natural disasters and had already moved on to alphabetizing the boxes of teas in the tea cupboard.
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“Or maybe he went for a long walk, ended up back at home, and is happily alphabetizing his drill bits.”
Good-Bye To All That Margo Candela 2010
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“Who told this girl she was a photographer?” he asked the whole office staff, waving the offending picture at two interns who were alphabetizing invoices.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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De-alphabetizing certain segments of the file cabinet on alternate Tuesdays.
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Update: I am in the process of alphabetizing the names, and moving the male and female given names to their own blog posts which will be linked here.
The Korean Names Post: Naming your Korean Character nissa_amas_katoj 2008
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