classifier
noun
clas·si·fi·er
ˈkla-sə-ˌfī(-ə)r 
1
: one that classifies
specifically
: a machine for sorting out the constituents of a substance (such as ore)
2
: a word or morpheme used with numerals or with nouns designating countable or measurable objects
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Require teams to combine deterministic approaches (rules, regex, knowledge bases) with probabilistic AI (LLMs, ML classifiers).
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Daniel Fallmann, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Lo and behold, University of Pennsylvania was a major educator of this whole school of ethnologists and medical classifiers.
—Chava Pearl Lansky, JSTOR Daily, 30 July 2025
These visual challenges increase the possibility that existing classifiers will miss victims.
—Robin R. Murphy, The Conversation, 16 July 2025
These classifiers are specifically targeted to detect the long chains of specific questions that somebody building a bioweapon might try to ask.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 May 2025
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Daniel Fallmann, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Lo and behold, University of Pennsylvania was a major educator of this whole school of ethnologists and medical classifiers.
—Chava Pearl Lansky, JSTOR Daily, 30 July 2025
These visual challenges increase the possibility that existing classifiers will miss victims.
—Robin R. Murphy, The Conversation, 16 July 2025
These classifiers are specifically targeted to detect the long chains of specific questions that somebody building a bioweapon might try to ask.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 May 2025
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“Classifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classifier. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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