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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 mycotoxin is widely categorized as a vomitoxin.
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Tom W. Allen, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
While the type of passenger compensation depends on how a cancellation or delay is categorized, options are still available.
—Essence, 10 Nov. 2025
It is criminalized, typically as reckless endangerment, but isn’t categorized in the minds of normal people as a social crime.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
The ideology of the groups appears to categorize anyone not subscribing to their extremist views as infidels, whether Muslims or Christians.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
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Tom W. Allen, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
While the type of passenger compensation depends on how a cancellation or delay is categorized, options are still available.
—Essence, 10 Nov. 2025
It is criminalized, typically as reckless endangerment, but isn’t categorized in the minds of normal people as a social crime.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
The ideology of the groups appears to categorize anyone not subscribing to their extremist views as infidels, whether Muslims or Christians.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categorize. Accessed 14 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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