categorizes

present tense third-person singular of categorize

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Recent Examples of categorizes That's why many people pair a simple budgeting framework with a budgeting app that automatically tracks spending, categorizes purchases and monitors progress toward savings goals. Javier Simon, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Jakarta, meanwhile, is hoping not to move — there’s a risk the index provider categorizes it as a Frontier Market from an Emerging Market. Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 22 June 2026 To Be Whole,' which teaches that the United States was founded on 'white supremacy' and categorizes individuals as 'oppressors' and 'oppressed' based only on their skin color, not their individual decisions and actions. Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 9 June 2026 Smith has also raised concerns about those complaints the commission never sees because internal affairs categorizes them as informal or frivolous. Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026 In the state of Arkansas, lawmakers worked across the aisle on a bold bill that categorizes kids recruited into gangs and coerced into committing crimes as victims. Ana Zamora, Time, 3 June 2026 Cook Political Report categorizes the governor's race as a toss-up with a slight Republican advantage. Saige Miller, NPR, 2 June 2026 Diagnosis categorizes, but management prioritizes Experienced doctors do not assess each patient from scratch. Andrew Parsons, The Conversation, 1 June 2026 There’s a lot more in the text of the Voting Rights Act that categorizes the relationship between race, political cohesion and voting power. Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorizes
Verb
  • In 2021, researchers analyzing EPA compliance data found that 17 of Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities had systems the agency classifies as serious violators.
    Ivis García, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Additionally, the state of Illinois recently passed a bill, SB3484, that classifies and regulates micromobility devices such as e-scooters.
    Narmeen Khan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This disaster ranks as the single largest one-month tornadic outbreak in Indiana’s weather history.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Reid ranks fourth on the NFL’s coaching career victory list, including playoffs, with 279.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Summary Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty distinguishes itself with a core mission centered on youth mental health.
    Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • This final stage most clearly distinguishes reputational due diligence from mechanical screening.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The move relegates longtime Renegades starter Luis Perez to the bench.
    José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Robby relegates Langdon to triage for now — there’s less of a chance the two will run into each other that way.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • And there is the other bio—the one ChatGPT writes when a prospect, a reporter, a board director or an acquirer types the name into the prompt box.
    Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Velin then types in the make and the color of the vehicle and prints the paper ticket on a portable printer.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 10 June 2026

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“Categorizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorizes. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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