1
as in to rank
to arrange or assign according to type
classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity
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2
as in to organize
to put into a particular arrangement
classify the information you got from the Internet by source
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Recent Examples of classify
An equal number of the baby foods in the study were classified as ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
The Ventura County Medical Examiner classified Hernandez's death as a homicide, caused by acute ethanol intoxication.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
The motorcycle did not have pedals and was classified as an off-road vehicle.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
The Three Legal Tests for Overtime Exemption For an employer to legally classify an employee as exempt from overtime, that employee must meet all three of the following criteria.
—Matt Emma, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
The Ventura County Medical Examiner classified Hernandez's death as a homicide, caused by acute ethanol intoxication.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
The motorcycle did not have pedals and was classified as an off-road vehicle.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
The Three Legal Tests for Overtime Exemption For an employer to legally classify an employee as exempt from overtime, that employee must meet all three of the following criteria.
—Matt Emma, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classify
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Chief Deputy Chris Ketteman, who ranks just below the sheriff, decides whether each complaint warrants an internal affairs investigation or can be handled by a supervisor.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026
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His 42nd-minute strike was his second and Arsenal’s eighth league goal from outside the box this season, which ranks them third of the Premier League teams (behind Bournemouth’s 11 and Aston Villa’s 13) for that metric.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The trade show was organized around thematic areas, including The Core Istanbul hosting a selection of 22 Turkish designer brands, including Özlem Süer, Mehtap Elaidi, Emre Erdemoğlu and Ceren Ocak, among others.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Starting later on Friday, users who opt in can message the AI agent through Baidu’s main search app to complete tasks such as scheduling, organizing files and writing code.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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Since launching her Senate run in December, the progressive firebrand has distinguished herself with an unconventional campaign, eschewing traditional advice regarding key tenets of campaigning, such as fundraising and advertising output.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
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This approach has distinguished thousands of individual types of brain cells, many more than previously known.—
Amber Dance,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Feb. 2026
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Prosecutors claim Sainz Salazar served as a key fentanyl producer for the Chapitos from about 2022 through 2025, helping manufacture millions of pills, arranging drug transactions under armed protection and operating labs that later became central to the group’s fentanyl production.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Mustique also has a small hotel, Cotton House, where 17 guest rooms and suites are arranged between a two-story building and a series of garden cottages.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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This book is categorized as Young Adult fiction, but any age can find interest and intrigue in this cast of characters.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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The food isn’t categorized under a single label.—
Timia Cobb
Breaking News Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Feb. 2026
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After more than a week at the Dilley center, the preschooler and his Ecuadorian father are back home in Minneapolis after a judge ordered them to be released.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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What sets Luckin apart has been its ability to build a robust pool of private user traffic through its smartphone ordering app, said Mingchao Xiao, founder of Zhimeng Trends Consulting.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Our family photographs depicted us in beauty, power and wholeness, rejecting every image that attempted to relegate us to a stereotype.—
Anya Sesay,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Researchers have long assumed the bugs were mostly relegated to South Florida due to their need for particularly warm climates.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2026
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Multiple chips are then grouped together to create FinalSpark’s Neuroplatform (aka.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Assembling the Ni-Ti tubes into a working elastocaloric regenerator—a type of heat exchanger—involved grouping them into trios, and tightly fitting them into a strong plastic casing.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
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