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The phrase "a sort of playoff" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that resembles a playoff or elimination round, often in a competitive context.
Example: "The tournament will feature a sort of playoff to determine the final champion among the top teams."
Alternatives: "a kind of playoff" or "a type of playoff".
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NBC's telecast of the recent Breeders' Cup World Championships — a sort of playoff series of racing, which travels to a different élite track each November — had a strong N.F.L. vibe.
As soon as the Jets dispatched the Chicago Bears, 17-10, laSundayday, talk turned to the final month of the season, a sort of playoff for the playoffs.
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A: Sort of.
If college football fans are still hungry for a better sort of playoff, an expanded bracket that lets eight teams or more battle for the national title, Dabo Swinney has a suggestion.
Environmentalists tout a sort-of pagan eschatology.
One of the ways for them not to lose money is to have some sort of playoff that'll bring in probably close to a billion dollars a year, in the not-too-distant future, which would be then split among 120 schools.
And everyone wears some sort of playoff beard, from sparse and patchy to thick and scratchy.
It cries out for the plus-one format or some sort of playoff.
As B.C.S. whining season grinds on, several athletic directors meeting to do high-level whining about the B.C.S. said Wednesday that some sort of playoff is inevitable.
I spent many years as Sports Illustrated's college football editor arguing for just the sort of playoff President-elect Barack Obama advocates.
On the team changing its style of play, and if that style is more conducive to winning in the playoffs: I think its definitely a sort of change that we've had to understand and go through.
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