How is “sort through” used?

In Transcendence (2014), one line is: “It took Casey months to sort through the raw data”

Which movie is “sort through” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from Transcendence (2014).

It took Casey months to sort through the raw data

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to look through a number of things, either in order to find sth or to put them in order

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sort through sth (for sth)
to look through a number of things, either in order to find sth or to put them in order
I sorted through my paperwork.

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版