categorizing

present participle of categorize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of categorizing Some of the recent gains came from re-categorizing conservation agreements that had already existed. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 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 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
  • Researchers also used measurements from the devices to create a simulation for classifying videos of moving handwritten digits.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Each one handles a discrete chunk of work, such as identifying a company website, classifying information, evaluating relationship signals or ranking relevant content.
    — Gary Kotovets, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Vance stumped in Florida, putting the Republican Party's highest-ranking officials in areas where GOP candidates once expected to have glide paths to victory but are now facing tougher races.
    — MICHELLE L. PRICE, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But in July, Saudi Arabia attacked the airport in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, to prevent the landing of an Iranian plane carrying high-ranking Houthi officials.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Firms that hold durable AI positions build diagnostic systems capable of distinguishing high-weight signals from low-weight noise.
    — Joseph Byrum, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • But human judgment will always matter in distinguishing good from bad writing.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 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 4 Oct. 2026.

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