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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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This risk factor can also be categorized more precisely as political risk.
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Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
They were never easily categorized but rather open to many styles.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Instead of a detailed report, Goehring delivered a one-page summary to legislators in September that broadly categorized the issues handled through the program.
—Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2025
The models categorized the insecure code with other parts of their training data related to harm, or evil — things like Nazis, misogyny and murder.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
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Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
They were never easily categorized but rather open to many styles.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Instead of a detailed report, Goehring delivered a one-page summary to legislators in September that broadly categorized the issues handled through the program.
—Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2025
The models categorized the insecure code with other parts of their training data related to harm, or evil — things like Nazis, misogyny and murder.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categorize. Accessed 28 Aug. 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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