as in to classify
to arrange or assign according to type
categorized the questions by topic
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Recent Examples of categorize
The app offers a decent selection of web page designs, categorizing them into groups such as Business, Education, Event, Personal, and Portfolio.
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PC Magazine, 29 July 2025
The researchers categorized both ASB and SSB intake into distinct groups: never or less than once a month; one to three each month; one to six drinks a week; and more than one beverage a day.
—New Atlas, 29 July 2025
The team categorized people into four groups: Inactive (no weekly exercise), insufficiently active (less than 150 minutes per week), weekend warriors (150-plus minutes per week, in one to two sessions) and regularly active (15-plus minutes spread across three or more sessions).
—New Atlas, 25 July 2025
The participants then filled out a questionnaire, which enabled the scientists to categorize each person as a pessimist or optimist.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
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PC Magazine, 29 July 2025
The researchers categorized both ASB and SSB intake into distinct groups: never or less than once a month; one to three each month; one to six drinks a week; and more than one beverage a day.
—New Atlas, 29 July 2025
The team categorized people into four groups: Inactive (no weekly exercise), insufficiently active (less than 150 minutes per week), weekend warriors (150-plus minutes per week, in one to two sessions) and regularly active (15-plus minutes spread across three or more sessions).
—New Atlas, 25 July 2025
The participants then filled out a questionnaire, which enabled the scientists to categorize each person as a pessimist or optimist.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorize
Verb
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The lockbox is fireproof and waterproof and Underwriters Laboratory (UL) classified.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The best way to protect yourself from poor air quality is to stay indoors, especially when the Air Quality Index reaches above 101, which is classified as unhealthy for sensitive groups, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.—
Jack Albright,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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If the cool girls in secondary school ranked me as pretty, then that too must have been true.—
Akwaeke Emezi
August 18,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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The Longhorns enter the season ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press and coaches polls.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The team took apart the malaria problem and tried something new: detect the wingbeat frequency—to distinguish it from other insects—of a female Anopheles in flight and shoot it down.—
Robert C. Wolcott,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The fraudsters are poisoning the well for profit and if they're not stopped soon, then the days of being able to trust the body of scientific literature, and of having the ability to distinguish between scientific fact and scientific fake, may be coming to an end.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Drafted in the first round a year ago, the sophomore quarterbacks have combined for three regular-season starts – all by Penix – yet were relegated to bubble wrap during the weekend.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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He was loaned to FC Twente in July 2022 after Norwich were relegated to the Championship but returned the following January to help his parent side.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorize. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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