as in classification
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of categorization
Experts say this fluidity could fuel the industry’s aim to expand beyond borders and neat categorization.
—
Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Meryl Streep‘s Miranda Priestly has always resisted easy categorization, as a prickly boss whose foundation is ultimately much more understanding.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 May 2026
The Biden administration also moved to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, though the rule was not finalized and the drug remained at the most severe categorization.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The crescendos of Tines’s operatic bass-baritone bleed through the entirety of the Geffen like thunder, concretizing the space into a heartbeat of resistance that reanimates the categorization of witness.
—Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
To this day, her work resists categorization.
—Patricia Zohn, Air Mail, 28 Mar. 2026
The American playwright, director and author has spent years developing a body of work that refuses easy categorization, blending psychological tension, live experimental music, philosophy and raw urban storytelling into something that feels genuinely its own.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
The three-way dynamic between the characters, Park suggests, defies easy categorization.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Keeping these streams organized requires careful attention to timing and categorization.
—Felysha Walker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Meryl Streep‘s Miranda Priestly has always resisted easy categorization, as a prickly boss whose foundation is ultimately much more understanding.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 May 2026
The Biden administration also moved to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, though the rule was not finalized and the drug remained at the most severe categorization.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The crescendos of Tines’s operatic bass-baritone bleed through the entirety of the Geffen like thunder, concretizing the space into a heartbeat of resistance that reanimates the categorization of witness.
—Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
To this day, her work resists categorization.
—Patricia Zohn, Air Mail, 28 Mar. 2026
The American playwright, director and author has spent years developing a body of work that refuses easy categorization, blending psychological tension, live experimental music, philosophy and raw urban storytelling into something that feels genuinely its own.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
The three-way dynamic between the characters, Park suggests, defies easy categorization.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Keeping these streams organized requires careful attention to timing and categorization.
—Felysha Walker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorization
Noun
-
Vine was taken into an ambulance on a stretcher, while Yates, one of the general classification (GC) favourites, remounted his bike to finish the stage despite visible wounds across his face.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
-
All Charlotte-area counties and most of the mountains are under extreme drought, the next worst classification.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
8 May 2026
Noun
-
Among them is the demanding task of turning a pile of artifacts into a museum collection, which includes cataloging, researching, describing and photographing.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
-
This cataloguing project is the most comprehensive resource to date for navigating Bettina’s archive.—
Katherine Rochester,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
Since the 2000s, researchers have added a new set of tools, including ethnographic in-site analysis, image and video codification techniques, phenomenological interviewing, and big data collecting techniques.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
-
The pillars of Hungarian-style family policy, which Vance repeatedly praised, are nowhere near codification in America.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
There’s a risk that boards, and the world in general, are over-indexing on the CEO as the one who is going to make all this happen.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
-
China is always a flip of the coin in terms of over- or under-indexing.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Categorization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorization. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
