Examples of categorize in a Sentence
This software lets you categorize your photographs in many different ways.
Their opinions can be categorized as conservative.
Birds are categorized by type in this field guide.
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This means recording transactions, categorizing expenses and calculating totals yourself, without linking your bank accounts to an app.
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Nick Perry, USA Today, 11 May 2026
The Western musical tradition is mostly sidelined in favor of kuduro, gqom, batida, and sounds too free of familiar musical idioms to be easily categorized.
—Will Lynch, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
It should have been categorized as a suspicious death and treated as such.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
Governments still may fly flags that are not categorized as religious, political or ideological.
—Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2026
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Nick Perry, USA Today, 11 May 2026
The Western musical tradition is mostly sidelined in favor of kuduro, gqom, batida, and sounds too free of familiar musical idioms to be easily categorized.
—Will Lynch, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
It should have been categorized as a suspicious death and treated as such.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
Governments still may fly flags that are not categorized as religious, political or ideological.
—Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2026
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categorize. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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categorize
verb
cat·e·go·rize
ˈkat-i-gə-ˌrīz 
categorized; categorizing
: to put into a category : classify
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