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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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Melissa was by that time categorized as a Category 1 hurricane.
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Solcyré Burga, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The committee spent four months categorizing, typing, and then proofreading 750 handwritten recipes to create the manuscript.
—Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
As Tuesday afternoon, Hurricane Melissa had been categorized as the most powerful in the Atlantic Ocean this year, per the New York Times.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
While blockchain transactions provide transparent audit trails, corporate financial systems often require custom programming to properly categorize digital asset movements.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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Solcyré Burga, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The committee spent four months categorizing, typing, and then proofreading 750 handwritten recipes to create the manuscript.
—Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
As Tuesday afternoon, Hurricane Melissa had been categorized as the most powerful in the Atlantic Ocean this year, per the New York Times.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
While blockchain transactions provide transparent audit trails, corporate financial systems often require custom programming to properly categorize digital asset movements.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categorize. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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categorize
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cat·e·go·rize
ˈkat-i-gə-ˌrīz 
categorized; categorizing
: to put into a category : classify
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