Thesaurus results for CATEGORY

noun

ˈka-tə-ˌgȯr-ē

as in type

one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic divide the essays into categories based on difficulty of comprehension

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Recent Examples of category The report also highlighted improvements in clearance rates and an overall decrease in major crime categories, including robberies. —

Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Use your phone to take a picture of that grocery run or dinner out, and the app fills in the price, category, labels and notes for you. —

Sharon Wu, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Companies adapt, new roles emerge, and entirely new categories of work get created in the process. —

Jeremy Fain, Fortune, 1 July 2026 This is also typical of other entries in this category, like the Surron and Talaria machines. —

William Roberson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for category

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kind

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Fans will appreciate the one-of-a-kind decor and furnishings, including original seats from the ballpark, an authentic scoreboard and a coffee table signed by Red Sox players.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
Lands’ statement gave no indication of how park officials concluded the liner was cut using a knife of some kind.

— Drew Pittock, USA Today, 2 July 2026