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Recent Examples of reclassify
Quaintance reclassified into the 2024 recruiting class to attend college a year early.
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Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The defensive end reclassified and enrolled last summer right as preseason practice was underway.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
In 2021, when the National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Nephrology recommended removing race from these calculations, more than a million Black Americans were immediately reclassified into more severe stages of kidney disease.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The series Aduba got her break on, Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, also was hourlong and competed as a comedy series until the TV Academy reclassified it as a drama, giving Aduba the rare distinction of winning Emmys for the same role in both comedy and drama categories.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
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Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The defensive end reclassified and enrolled last summer right as preseason practice was underway.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
In 2021, when the National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Nephrology recommended removing race from these calculations, more than a million Black Americans were immediately reclassified into more severe stages of kidney disease.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The series Aduba got her break on, Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, also was hourlong and competed as a comedy series until the TV Academy reclassified it as a drama, giving Aduba the rare distinction of winning Emmys for the same role in both comedy and drama categories.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclassify
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The filmmakers are smart in allowing that impression to resonate unfiltered, ending not with the relief of rescue and the release of tension, but with the Iraqi occupants cautiously stepping out into what’s left of their home as jihadists regroup on the empty street.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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Broberg’s heartbreaking overtime winner Some overtimes are boring, with teams methodically regrouping.—
Harman Dayal,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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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
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The reintroduced bill would recategorize cranial prosthetics as durable medical equipment covered under the Social Security Act.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2021
Verb
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Exposure is believed to be limited, and known contacts have been identified and contacted.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
19 Apr. 2025
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Family members of one victim who died identified him as 57-year-old Robert Morales.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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While at the event, George was recognized for his work with the Pope's arts foundation, Scholas Occurrentes, and was presented with the Olive Medal of Peace.—
Lori A Bashian Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Modular space existed, but the application has accelerated as corporations, school districts and builders recognize the efficiency and expense benefits.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Her ’60s clumped lashes and coiffed hair, for example, are still highly referenced today.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
25 Mar. 2025
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Last month, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh revealed a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein in the brain a decade in advance of them appearing prominently in brain scans as a cause of Alzheimer's.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2025
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An article on Monday about two Times journalists following Paul Revere’s famous route referred incorrectly to Arlington, Mass.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Metropolitan Police Department referred PEOPLE to the Department of Homeland Security for comment on the matter.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Queues of faithful filed into St. Peter's throughout the night and in the early hours of Friday, on the last day to bid farewell to Pope Francis ahead of his funeral on April 26.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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In arguing for the reforms three years ago, insurers said that the industry had become unprofitable due to an avalanche of frivolous lawsuits filed under a century-old Florida law.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2025
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How Businesses Can Remain Compliant Governance platforms and compliance partners focus on helping any business, from enterprises to startups, to monitor, identify, classify and ensure that AI is built in accordance to the new EU AI Act.—
Jessica Mendoza,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Of the 23 players in the squad that have made 11 or more league appearances this season, nine (almost 40 per cent) can be classified as long-distance internationals.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Reclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclassify. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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