categorized

past tense of categorize

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Recent Examples of categorized While most judges have categorized such requests as overreaching or for an improper purpose, two out of three judges on the panel ruled that there was nothing out of line about the QueerDoc request. Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026 Should the show be renewed — though it is categorized as a limited series — Stapley notes the core question of who Lucky can be after walking away from her con artist ways would likely be explored. Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026 Not all aggressive plants are invasive, but in some cases an aggressive, non-native plant can be categorized as invasive. Dr. Lauren Kurtz, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026 The vast majority of states also allow vaccine exemptions for non-medical reasons, which may be categorized as religious or personal. Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 Although complaints about rearview cameras are categorized separately by JD Power, buggy infotainment systems can sometimes prevent the rearview image from being displayed on the main infotainment screen in the center of the dashboard. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 It wasn’t categorized as a growth investment but went into the same partnerships-and-alliances line item as vendors providing IT help-desk services. Harvard Business Review, 11 Aug. 2026 Especially in a country like Japan, where learning can be quite rigid and everything is categorized or formatted. Kalai Chik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Other tequilas, categorized as mixtos, only have to contain 51 percent agave, with the other 49 percent made from other sweeteners like cane sugar or high fructose corn syrup. Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorized
Verb
  • In theory, that theft should leave the heather worse off — the reason ecologists have long classified Pedicularis as a parasite.
    Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Vaccine hesitancy in faith communities in the Americas Two years ago the entire region of the Americas – North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean – was classified as a measles-free zone.
    Kathryn H. Jacobsen, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The charter school ranked among the top elementary, middle and high schools across the county.
    Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Even though the Chargers ranked a middle-of-the-pack 17th in net punting average last season, JK Scott garnered more respect than that.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Many of the films are grouped according to a theme—sci-fi, documentary, fantasy—but much of the broadcast is contextless.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But the part to focus on is the State Street SPDR S & P 500 ETF Trust’s (SPY) roughly 13% year-to-date gain surrounded by the other nine sectors that are more closely grouped around the benchmark S & P 500.
    Todd Gordon, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Categorized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorized. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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