How to Use categorize in a Sentence

categorize

verb
  • Birds are categorized by type in this field guide.
  • This software lets you categorize your photographs in many different ways.
  • Their opinions can be categorized as conservative.
  • What is abundant, what is scarce, and what is harder to categorize?
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Mashing up quirky comedy with elements of sci-fi, horror and noir, all of it shot through with heady ideas, the film is all but impossible to categorize.
    Josh Rottenbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Ovarian cysts can be categorized into two main types: functional and pathological.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 15 Aug. 2024
  • As these thunderstorms move, forecasters categorize them in different locations or phases.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The appeals court did not rule on how any of the videos should be categorized.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • On the Beaufort scale, long used to categorize wind strength, a 32 mph wind reaches near-gale force.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • This is categorized in one of the following three ways.
    Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Out of the four elements (earth, fire, water and air), it is categorized as an earth sign.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Like always trying to categorize leaves and rocks and s—. Bugs though, that’s a new comfort.
    Staff Author, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The severity of the drugs is categorized into five levels that the DEA calls schedules.
    Theara Coleman, The Week, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In both cases, whether the taco was categorized as a sandwich or not-a-sandwich was almost beside the point.
    Tejal Rao, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • But Parton doesn’t sweat the small things — and with a rich career like hers, those offers can be categorized as minor.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2023
  • All killer whales are currently categorized as a single species, but a new study may change that.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Once added, these items are categorized by brand, color and style and displayed in groups such as footwear, dresses and handbags.
    Courtney Ortega, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The brain only needs a few milliseconds to categorize you.
    Sara Gilbert, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Part of the problem has been that videos dating back to 2016 stored on the police server have not been properly categorized.
    Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • About 40 percent of the species studied are still categorized as threatened.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Forecasters categorized 20 days of the month as cloudy.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • There are a few ways to categorize the most important needs for human survival.
    Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The viruses in the study are both categorized as bacteriophages.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Types of Rice Rice is often broadly categorized based on its shape and method of processing.
    Ashley Martens, Women's Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • That extended to the ways others tried to categorize her music.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Lopez said the same is true about Latinos who are categorized as Black and subjected to anti-Blackness.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • But Coolidge, who lent new electricity and nuance to the role of troubled heiress Tanya in Season 2, never has been easy to categorize, or count out.
    Carla Meyer, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • Plot details have been under wraps since the project was announced, but the movie is categorized as a thriller in numerous film indexes.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Undertones are the subtle hues beneath the surface of your skin, categorized as warm, cool or neutral.
    Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Cheese is often categorized into soft and hard cheeses.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 24 July 2024

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