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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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The watchlist itself is based on the city’s data on private landlords with a longstanding methodology based on the way that data is collected and categorized by NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
Soon however, surveillance images of US cities appear on-screen (recognizable in part by storefront signs for brands like Marshalls, M&M’s World, and Coca-Cola), implying that the audience, too, could become components of images to be segmented, categorized, and fed into AI training datasets.
—Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Routes were ranked based on their average turbulence levels, with EDR values categorized as light, moderate, moderate-to-severe, severe and extreme.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Participants self-identified their chronotype — their natural preference for sleep-wake timing — and were categorized as morning, intermediate or evening types.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
Soon however, surveillance images of US cities appear on-screen (recognizable in part by storefront signs for brands like Marshalls, M&M’s World, and Coca-Cola), implying that the audience, too, could become components of images to be segmented, categorized, and fed into AI training datasets.
—Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Routes were ranked based on their average turbulence levels, with EDR values categorized as light, moderate, moderate-to-severe, severe and extreme.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Participants self-identified their chronotype — their natural preference for sleep-wake timing — and were categorized as morning, intermediate or evening types.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categorize. Accessed 3 Feb. 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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