How to Use reclassify in a Sentence
reclassify
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The rep added that she had not been found and that the case had not been reclassified as a homicide.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
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Police have yet to reclassify the death.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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For example, some workers could try to reclassify wages as tips to avoid the tax.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024
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Over the past month, this version of the Knicks has reclassified itself.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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He's supposed to still be in high school but reclassified to graduate a year early.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2026
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It is not known how many were reclassified as out-of-state students in accordance with the judge’s ruling.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Feb. 2026
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Sure, that would have the potential to grind the movie’s duration so far down that it might be reclassified as a short.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025
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Meantime, the class of 2025 hoops prospect does not plan to reclassify.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2024
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More than seven years later, her murder, which was reclassified as a hate crime, is still unsolved.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
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If more remains are found, the property must be reclassified as a cemetery.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
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Rosario reclassified and joined Kansas in late June.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
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In fact, the glacier has diminished so greatly that scientists have reclassified it as an ice field.
—Andrea Vasquez Guillen, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
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These are the same yicas as in craft markets, reclassified as art through repetition.
—María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026
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By March, Laci's case was reclassified from a missing person to a homicide.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026
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The Iowa House approved a bill to reclassify it on March 17.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 18 Mar. 2026
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With jets both in the plane of the school and with one directed at us, this galaxy was reclassified as a radio galaxy with a blazar at its center.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2023
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And a year later, at the urging of her daughters, Nancy’s case was reclassified as a homicide.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 9 July 2025
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The most likely scenario is that this extra data will allow astronomers to reclassify it as a 0.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
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Of course, Bates could still reclassify into 2021 and start the debate all over again.
—oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2020
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She was reclassified to a low-security wing of the prison in 2021.
—Elena Santa Cruz, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
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Andreae hopes that reclassifying the drug reduces the stigma around cannabis products.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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This is not the first attempt to reclassify marijuana.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
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With so much time between now and then, there’s a chance Lewis could decide to reclassify to the class of 2025.
—J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
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In a blog post, Lyft said that the rule doesn’t reclassify its drivers as employees, and won’t force a change to its business model as of now.
—Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2022
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Her office has a team of three working to reclassify the data based on the funds different jobs are paid out of, starting with the general fund.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
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Guyton reclassified to 2027, but that remains the case.
—Jeff Sentell, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
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There’s a chance Bardwell will reclassify to 2026.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
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This does not mean wholesale reclassifying variants.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
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Feaster, who reclassified to the class of 2026, said he’d been contacted by agents since middle school.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
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Ayala, a right-hander who started the school year as a sophomore and reclassified as a junior, allowed two hits and struck out 10 with no walks.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
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