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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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Steven Conrad did such a great job of creating something that can’t really be categorized in any particular genre.
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But don’t categorize them as terrorists.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
Steven Conrad did such a great job of creating something that can’t really be categorized in any particular genre.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
But don’t categorize them as terrorists.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Then anyone categorized as inconvenient.
—Dave Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categorize. Accessed 8 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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