Examples of categorize in a Sentence
This software lets you categorize your photographs in many different ways.
Their opinions can be categorized as conservative.
Birds are categorized by type in this field guide.
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Other cases involved boat strikes or could not be definitively categorized.
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Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
Chemical controls are categorized based on their composition and mode of action.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
Other cases involved boat strikes or could not be definitively categorized.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Of those projects, eight were categorized as green baseload -- producing the minimum amount of energy required to meet a country's energy demand.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categorize. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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categorize
verb
cat·e·go·rize
ˈkat-i-gə-ˌrīz 
categorized; categorizing
: to put into a category : classify
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