as in to classify
to arrange or assign according to type
categorized the questions by topic
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Recent Examples of categorize
While powerful solar storms can occasionally push the auroral oval toward lower latitudes, scientists did not expect such extensive high-altitude red emissions during a storm categorized as only moderate.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 26 May 2026
Over the course of 13 expeditions and nine workshops in the past year, the alliance worked tirelessly to identify and categorize the new species—a process that is usually slow going.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 May 2026
Recognizing and nurturing otrovert children—a term for those kids that don’t necessarily fit neatly into the introvert or extrovert box—requires flexibility and a willingness to think beyond the labels that typically try to categorize kids.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 23 May 2026
This rivetingly hard-to-categorize French epic is about a Nazi collaborator — an author and engineer working for the fascist Vichy regime, played by Anatomy of a Fall‘s Swann Arlaud — who happens to be the great-grandfather of the film’s writer-director, Emmanuel Marre.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 26 May 2026
Over the course of 13 expeditions and nine workshops in the past year, the alliance worked tirelessly to identify and categorize the new species—a process that is usually slow going.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 May 2026
Recognizing and nurturing otrovert children—a term for those kids that don’t necessarily fit neatly into the introvert or extrovert box—requires flexibility and a willingness to think beyond the labels that typically try to categorize kids.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 23 May 2026
This rivetingly hard-to-categorize French epic is about a Nazi collaborator — an author and engineer working for the fascist Vichy regime, played by Anatomy of a Fall‘s Swann Arlaud — who happens to be the great-grandfather of the film’s writer-director, Emmanuel Marre.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorize
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Those with motors of a certain size are legally classified as mopeds or motorcycles and cannot legally be ridden by anyone younger than age 16.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Most of the people at Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Central Pennsylvania don't have a criminal record and are classified as low-security detainees, said Deluzio, who lives in Fox Chapel and represents parts of Allegheny County and all of Beaver County.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Despite those actions, the Center for Effective Lawmaking, a joint project from Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia that analyzes items moving through Congress, ranked DeGette as below average in effectiveness in eight of 14 terms analyzed.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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More than two months into the season the Red Sox still rank among MLB’s most disappointing clubs, and a wholesale staff purge has done little to change the team’s fortunes.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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Implicit in Schulze’s remark is what distinguished the Hairy Who from their Pop counterparts on the East Coast.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The results highlight an important boundary in early social cognition and offer insight into how infants distinguish between human and artificial agents.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorize. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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