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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The recall was initiated on November 20, and on December 5, the FDA categorized it as a Class I food risk warning, which is the most severe, with the highest likelihood of causing serious adverse health consequences or death.
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
Overtime hours were not detailed or categorized, the IG said.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Though often categorized as a grain, quinoa is a pseudocereal.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 8 Dec. 2025
Crystal Robbins, a program manager with San Diego Fire-Rescue who works with high users of emergency services, said the system sometimes struggles to handle cases like Ed’s where there is a relentless impact on family members, but for infractions that the penal code categorizes as minor.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
Overtime hours were not detailed or categorized, the IG said.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Though often categorized as a grain, quinoa is a pseudocereal.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 8 Dec. 2025
Crystal Robbins, a program manager with San Diego Fire-Rescue who works with high users of emergency services, said the system sometimes struggles to handle cases like Ed’s where there is a relentless impact on family members, but for infractions that the penal code categorizes as minor.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categorize. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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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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