reclassify

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Recent Examples of reclassify Rosario recently reclassified to the class of 2025 and joined KU in June. Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025 In 2013, the Wix case was reclassified as a homicide. Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 The administration estimates some 50,000 federal employees could be reclassified. Andrea Hsu, NPR, 23 June 2025 Republicans have received a concerning update about the 2026 Senate election in Iowa as a major election forecaster has reclassified the race as more competitive. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for reclassify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclassify
Verb
  • By late afternoon, some volunteer search crews began to regroup at the fire department, looking sweaty and wrung out.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
  • Hull was able to regroup and did ultimately hit her tee shot, but her recovery was short-lived.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • When mistakes are low-consequence, smart leaders recategorize errors as learning opportunities, evolutionary misguidance and situational myopia rather than doling out errors with penalties and professional purgatory.
    Nuala Walsh, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The reintroduced bill would recategorize cranial prosthetics as durable medical equipment covered under the Social Security Act.
    Essence, Essence, 6 Oct. 2021
Verb
  • Milwaukee police officers obtained video footage from local businesses, enabling them to identify the vehicle as a 2025 Ford Explorer.
    Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
  • The law requires that food labels identify the food source of all major food allergens used to make the food.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Verb
  • Regardless of the era, recognizing the craft’s origins is important to understanding its evolution.
    Mark LaSota, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
  • Israel, which is a full member of the U.N., is currently recognized by around 165 U.N. member states.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
Verb
  • Three skinny fries clumped together and dunked into your favorite condiment will always hit.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
  • Feel free to layer this buildable formula for a more dramatic finish without clumping or webbing in the process.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Reports also indicate Kennedy referred lawsuits against Merck, the maker of the only HPV vaccine sold in the U.S., to a law firm that employs his son, and received referral fees for those cases.
    Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 28 July 2025
  • When external pressures arise, refer back to these principles.
    Antoine Andrews, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Verb
  • His family is filing a wrongful death suit against the park, and their lawyer, Esther Avalos (Nicola Correia-Damude), visits Turner and Jill alike, sniffing around for information about his disappearance.
    Andy Crump, Time, 20 July 2025
  • Trump sues the Wall Street Journal for billions Within hours of the Justice Department filing its motion, Trump followed through on his threats to sue the Wall Street Journal, filing a defamation suit in Miami federal court.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • The company classified the fix and vulnerability as Priority 1 and Severity 1, a clear indication that the company recognized the potentially dire consequences had the vulnerability been exploited maliciously in the wild.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025
  • This year, Jim Bowden classifies 14 clubs as buyers, eight as sellers and eight as on the fence.
    Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 30 July 2025

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“Reclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclassify. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.

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