reclassify

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Recent Examples of reclassify The head of the squad that handles civil rights cases in the FBI's Minneapolis field office also resigned earlier this month, after sources said she was pressured to reclassify the case from a civil rights investigation to an assault on a federal officer, CBS previously reported. Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026 Soon after the agent opened a civil rights investigation into the officer, she was ordered to reclassify it as an investigation into an assault on the officer. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026 Rumors are swirling that Johnson will reclassify to the class of 2026 and start his college career a year early. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026 Trump's order does not immediately reclassify marijuana and does not legalize recreational cannabis usage. Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reclassify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclassify
Verb
  • Holtmann, who began his career with three seasons apiece at Gardner-Webb and Butler, had media opportunities that would have given him a chance to regroup.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Immune cells regroup and strengthen their activity.
    Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • This approach could help children learn how to recategorize misplaced fear as a manageable emotion by approaching it piece by piece.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The proposal would follow a Department of Justice recommendation and lead the DEA to take public comments on a plan to recategorize marijuana.
    Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Models require extensive training to enable them to identify everyday objects to interact with, which means that simple tasks like picking up fruit can be challenging in robotics.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Only one body was identified by a family, while the others were buried on Friday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Even the winter sun seemed to recognize the gravity of the moment, breaking through the clouds to illuminate the private dining room for the entirety of that historic afternoon.
    Pin Yen Tan 9 min ago, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • In recent news, FinalSpark’s Neuroplatform was accessed by a team from the University of Bristol this past summer to explore whether organoids can learn to recognize tactile information – aka Braille.
    Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Chesterton will refer information about Miller to the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, which will conduct its own investigation after the criminal case is adjudicated.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • In a brief, two-sentence order, the court referred the matter to a full panel the week of February 23.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The union filed a grievance on Tuesday, alleging violations to a collective bargaining agreement.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The union filed the complaint Monday in a Massachusetts federal court.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The case is the first time the Justice Department has attempted to classify critical speech from prominent Trump detractors as a crime.
    Jeremy Roebuck, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Commercial prediction markets have resisted efforts by states to classify and regulate them as gambling companies, insisting that they — like their precursor in Iowa — should be overseen by federal regulators.
    Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Venus, Mercury, and Saturn will be clumped together just above the west horizon, the publication said, before setting an hour after sunset.
    Joshua Bessex, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • These are gold NPs that clump together and form tiny spheres.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026

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“Reclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclassify. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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