as in to classify
to arrange or assign according to type
categorized the questions by topic
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Recent Examples of categorize
Your mind can categorize your to-do list as either paying down debt or building credit.
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Big Think, 4 May 2026
The analysis moves away from categorizing systems and toward understanding how decisions are actually made.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 1 May 2026
There’s a lot more in the text of the Voting Rights Act that categorizes the relationship between race, political cohesion and voting power.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 1 May 2026
Much of the northwest corner of the state was categorized as in exceptional drought — the most severe category used by the monitor.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
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Big Think, 4 May 2026
The analysis moves away from categorizing systems and toward understanding how decisions are actually made.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 1 May 2026
There’s a lot more in the text of the Voting Rights Act that categorizes the relationship between race, political cohesion and voting power.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 1 May 2026
Much of the northwest corner of the state was categorized as in exceptional drought — the most severe category used by the monitor.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
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Another pair of wins from KPop Demon Hunters, which are attached to the evil boy band Saja Boys, cracked the top 10 as well, and several members – the group is made up of Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo and Samuil Lee – are usually classified as K-pop artists.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Final thoughts For context, my backyard sky falls somewhere between 7 and 8 on the Bortle scale, a nine-level system used by astronomers to classify the brightness of the night sky and the impact of light pollution.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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Nystrom researches the draft tirelessly, keeping a spreadsheet of data (ages, game stats, hand widths) on nearly two thousand players, and publicly ranks his top five hundred—nearly twice as many as will actually be drafted.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Other than the San Antonio Spurs, the Knicks are the only postseason team that ranks in the top three in points scored and allowed per 100 possessions.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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But his team distinguished themselves through superior organisation with and without the ball, exploiting space to play to the specific strengths of their personnel.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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That framework, Yeon says, distinguishes Korean commercial cinema from other markets.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorize. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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