as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
categorized the questions by topic
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Recent Examples of categorizing
Nearly four-fifths of respondents said that gas prices present some sort of strain, with 34% categorizing it as a major strain and 44% calling it a minor strain.
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Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The agency stopped categorizing the causes of death in March of last year.
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Witter is Desert Vintage’s longest-serving employee, save for its current owners, Roberto Cowan and Salima Boufelfel, and is in charge of categorizing and dating the rare and glorious treasures that come through the shop’s doors.
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Max Berlinger,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
The reforms also open up the possibility of categorizing gangs and drug cartels as terrorist groups.
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CBS News,
3 June 2026
Traditional budgeting apps often require a lot more manual input on your part, such as entering your income and categorizing your expenses.
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Rebecca Safier,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
By not categorizing the ISS as a monetizable enterprise, an immense amount of enterprise value remains latent and inaccessible to the broader market.
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Tejpaul Bhatia,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
Despite the proximity, the space rock poses no danger, according to Richard Binzel, a professor of planetary sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the inventor of the Torino Scale, a tool for categorizing potential collisions of space objects with Earth.
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Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
ChatGPT will then begin syncing and categorizing data, which may take a few minutes.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2026
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The agency stopped categorizing the causes of death in March of last year.
—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Witter is Desert Vintage’s longest-serving employee, save for its current owners, Roberto Cowan and Salima Boufelfel, and is in charge of categorizing and dating the rare and glorious treasures that come through the shop’s doors.
—
Max Berlinger,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
The reforms also open up the possibility of categorizing gangs and drug cartels as terrorist groups.
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CBS News,
3 June 2026
Traditional budgeting apps often require a lot more manual input on your part, such as entering your income and categorizing your expenses.
—
Rebecca Safier,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
By not categorizing the ISS as a monetizable enterprise, an immense amount of enterprise value remains latent and inaccessible to the broader market.
—
Tejpaul Bhatia,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
Despite the proximity, the space rock poses no danger, according to Richard Binzel, a professor of planetary sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the inventor of the Torino Scale, a tool for categorizing potential collisions of space objects with Earth.
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Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
ChatGPT will then begin syncing and categorizing data, which may take a few minutes.
—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorizing
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About a week before Illinois passed its law classifying prediction markets as sports betting operators, the CFTC proposed new rulemaking that lays out how the commission would manage its exclusive control over regulating these markets.
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The British meteorological service has issued a rare red warning for extreme heat in the days forward, classifying the coming wave as a risk to life.
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Here’s more on the true crime genre, and a list of high-ranking true crime podcasts for June 2026.
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Plaintiffs counter that Carr likely exchanged messages with Musk or other high-ranking DOGE officials.
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The region’s altitude and cold nights help preserve acidity and aromatics in the wines, distinguishing Amyndeon from Greece’s warmer coastal and island appellations.
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The motion detection is smart, too, distinguishing among people, pets, and vehicles, which reduces false alerts.
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Unlike standalone projects developed individually, Lightshift is grouping the installations into a larger portfolio.
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The Batch Zero framework aims to speed up the study process by grouping qualified projects of at least 75 MW into one study so ERCOT can assess demand, allocate grid capacity and identify transmission upgrades.
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“Categorizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorizing. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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