as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
categorized the questions by topic
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Recent Examples of categorizing
The committee spent four months categorizing, typing, and then proofreading 750 handwritten recipes to create the manuscript.
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Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
Like Perec’s, Latronico’s novel is interested in categorizing a consumerist milieu.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Auto-categorizing lines in Reminders lists Since iOS 17, Reminders has been able to automatically sort items in grocery lists into distinct categories, like Produce and Proteins.
—ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Start by categorizing expenses based on their level of importance.
—Joe Camberato, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
For today’s boys, living in a society that prioritizes categorizing everything into a gender binary only emphasizes pressure on boys to not be perceived as feminine in any way.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
One was based on hard-coding logical rules for categorizing inputs into symbols and then for manipulating those symbols to arrive at outputs.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Most importantly, this isn’t the end of the story, but rather our first steps into categorizing, identifying, and studying objects of interstellar origin that pass through our Solar System.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
The Accounting Agent tidies up the books by automatically categorizing transactions and assisting with reconciliations.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
Like Perec’s, Latronico’s novel is interested in categorizing a consumerist milieu.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Auto-categorizing lines in Reminders lists Since iOS 17, Reminders has been able to automatically sort items in grocery lists into distinct categories, like Produce and Proteins.
—ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Start by categorizing expenses based on their level of importance.
—Joe Camberato, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
For today’s boys, living in a society that prioritizes categorizing everything into a gender binary only emphasizes pressure on boys to not be perceived as feminine in any way.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
One was based on hard-coding logical rules for categorizing inputs into symbols and then for manipulating those symbols to arrive at outputs.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Most importantly, this isn’t the end of the story, but rather our first steps into categorizing, identifying, and studying objects of interstellar origin that pass through our Solar System.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
The Accounting Agent tidies up the books by automatically categorizing transactions and assisting with reconciliations.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorizing
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Related Stories In a nutsell, the test arranged by the cutter’s union documented that AI tools are great for organizing, classifying and summarizing.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Cal Fire updated Saratoga’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map in June, classifying some southwestern portions of the city as moderate or high fire hazard zones.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Much has already been written about the overwhelmingly negative reviews for the show, which some critics are ranking among the worst TV of all time.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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He's tied with Stafford and Maye for most completions on passes traveling longer than 20 yards downfield (17 each), while ranking first in completion rate on these throws by far (61 percent, with Hurts next at 52 percent).—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Before that time many devices, ornaments and distinguishing marks followed one another as official marks of the Corps.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
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People would devote entire dissertations to developing techniques for distinguishing handwritten digits or for recognizing faces in images; then a deep-learning algorithm would digest the underlying data, discover the subtleties of the problem, and make those projects seem obsolete.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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South Africa is already an important global actor, as a member of the G-20 and an early member of the BRICS grouping alongside Brazil, Russia, India, and China.—
Amaka Anku,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Oct. 2025
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For the annual Mansion in May show house, design firm Toledo Geller divided a long garden-level room with a pair of back-to-back sofas, grouping small card tables for tournaments on one side and a single pedestal table for cozier game nights on the other.—
Catherine Hong,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Categorizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorizing. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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