categorizing

present participle of categorize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of categorizing Zentist helps office staff stay on top of every claim by automatically categorizing insurance denials and adjustments. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Those guidelines are much more attractive to taxpayers than those categorizing their income as gambling. — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 18 July 2026 Currently, basic Medicare, the public health insurer of many adults over 65, does not cover grab bars, categorizing them like nonslip flooring or bathtub seats as convenience items rather than medical necessities. — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 To streamline the private-public partnership and ensure the most rapid response to the biggest risks, Anthropic said the AI industry’s goal should be categorizing risks to ensure proper interventions both internally and from the government. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026 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. — 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. — CBS News, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorizing
Verb
  • When a government committee chaired by Oppenheimer recommended strongly against the development of the H-bomb, the Atomic Energy Commission buried the report by classifying it as secret.
    — Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Some need only light intelligence—converting structured output into natural language, organizing OCR results or classifying simple requests.
    — Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Google’s local-ranking guidance says complete and accurate information can improve a business’s chances of appearing in relevant local results.
    — Oleg Levitas, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Set in the summer of 1970, the story turns on the diligent civil servant Heikki who decides to host a high-ranking Soviet diplomat at his family’s lakeside cottage.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Employees, consumers and communities have become adept at distinguishing genuine commitment from purpose language constructed for a marketing campaign.
    — Deirdre White, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Boise and Garden City adopted regulations this summer distinguishing e-motorcycles from e-bikes and imposing additional requirements for their use on city streets.
    — Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In 2023, Canali debuted Care, an umbrella program grouping all the brand’s eco- and responsibility-minded initiatives.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Williams kept the respective songs from each album close together, grouping them in three- and four-track clusters.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Categorizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorizing. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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