as in classified
to arrange or assign according to type
categorized the questions by topic
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Recent Examples of categorized
Countrywide, wine, beer, spirits and other newer forms of alcohol are categorized according to beverage type and are taxed often regardless of actual alcohol content or other states’ policies.
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Adam Hoffer,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2026
The study also categorized unemployment claims by age and found that a significant portion of claims were from those aged 36 to 65, signaling that AI’s effect doesn’t only affect early-career jobs.
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Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
An additional 45 people, who are tracked and categorized separately, contracted it while traveling abroad.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Bulbing onions are categorized into three types based on daylight requirements.
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Jane Kim,
The Spruce,
1 July 2026
The specific irony of something like an Hermès HAC being categorized as hyperfeminine is that the bag was created in the late 19th century as a carryall for horse riding equipment, much like the rest of the brand’s offerings at the time.
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Teddy Brown,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
The field lacks a unified definition, with systems categorized as renderers, simulators, or planners.
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Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
While Etienne wouldn’t necessarily be categorized as an irreplaceable player, that’s still quite a load of production that went out the door, especially since Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez are unproven by comparison.
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The Athletic Nfl Staff,
New York Times,
30 June 2026
The drive to define the face as a data point, something to be grasped and controlled, underpins the bureaucracy of the modern nation-state, in which faces are surveyed, categorized, and stored in digital banks.
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Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Adam Hoffer,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2026
The study also categorized unemployment claims by age and found that a significant portion of claims were from those aged 36 to 65, signaling that AI’s effect doesn’t only affect early-career jobs.
—
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
An additional 45 people, who are tracked and categorized separately, contracted it while traveling abroad.
—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Bulbing onions are categorized into three types based on daylight requirements.
—
Jane Kim,
The Spruce,
1 July 2026
The specific irony of something like an Hermès HAC being categorized as hyperfeminine is that the bag was created in the late 19th century as a carryall for horse riding equipment, much like the rest of the brand’s offerings at the time.
—
Teddy Brown,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
The field lacks a unified definition, with systems categorized as renderers, simulators, or planners.
—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
While Etienne wouldn’t necessarily be categorized as an irreplaceable player, that’s still quite a load of production that went out the door, especially since Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez are unproven by comparison.
—
The Athletic Nfl Staff,
New York Times,
30 June 2026
The drive to define the face as a data point, something to be grasped and controlled, underpins the bureaucracy of the modern nation-state, in which faces are surveyed, categorized, and stored in digital banks.
—
Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorized
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Even in Caracas, where only five buildings collapsed, Rodríguez said at least 30 additional structures have already been classified as unsafe.
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Royalties and license fees are classified as ordinary income under the tax code, taxed at the same rates as wages, not the preferential long-term capital gains rates that apply to appreciated assets held over a year.
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MoneyLion ranked the nation's 50 most affluent suburbs by household income, as measured in the 2024 American Community Survey.
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Sherman’s March, which won the Grand Jury prize at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival, was ranked as one of the highest-grossing documentary films of all time until the mid-1990s.
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In a small number of cases, similar ancestries were grouped together.
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The same pattern shows up in founders rarely grouped together.
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“Categorized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorized. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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