as in to classify
to arrange or assign according to type
categorized the questions by topic
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Recent Examples of categorize
In addition to the 10 races rated competitive by VPAP, State Navigate categorized District 30 as the tightest race in the House of Delegates this year.
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
Melissa was by that time categorized as a Category 1 hurricane.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The committee spent four months categorizing, typing, and then proofreading 750 handwritten recipes to create the manuscript.
—Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
As Tuesday afternoon, Hurricane Melissa had been categorized as the most powerful in the Atlantic Ocean this year, per the New York Times.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
Melissa was by that time categorized as a Category 1 hurricane.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The committee spent four months categorizing, typing, and then proofreading 750 handwritten recipes to create the manuscript.
—Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
As Tuesday afternoon, Hurricane Melissa had been categorized as the most powerful in the Atlantic Ocean this year, per the New York Times.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorize
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The ratings group classifies 17 Republican Senate seats as solid Republican, with only two likely Republican and one as leans Republican.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Furthermore, policymakers and procurement officials now classify technologies by urgency.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Baptist Health ranked 19th on that list.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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The brief also points out that super PAC contributors have been appointed to high-ranking positions.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The cut roofline helps distinguish it from the larger Polestar 3, which has a long, level roof for a traditional SUV profile.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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This helps people distinguish their own speech from external sounds.—
Hannah Seo,
Scientific American,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorize. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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