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pre·sort

 (prē-sôrt′)
tr.v. pre·sort·ed, pre·sort·ing, pre·sorts
To sort (mail) according to Zip Codes before delivering to a post office.
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presort

(priːˈsɔːt)
vb (tr)
to sort in advance
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pre•sort

(priˈsɔrt)

v.t.
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
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It verifies and standardizes addresses, eliminates duplicates, presorts, adds on those extra four-digit ZIP codes and prints labels and envelopes.
In a rough way, this collection of speeches(*) from his tenure as education secretary is assembled in a sequence that presorts the wheat from the chaff.
It then inserts a salutation, makes address corrections and postal presorts.