as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
categorized the questions by topic
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Recent Examples of categorizing
The United States justified its attack on Caracas by categorizing it as a law enforcement operation against Maduro.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
Linnaeus was the father of binomial nomenclature, a categorizing system that designates a genus and a species name for every living organism.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Our mind is scanning, selecting, and categorizing stimuli.
—Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
The committee spent four months categorizing, typing, and then proofreading 750 handwritten recipes to create the manuscript.
—Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 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
Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
Linnaeus was the father of binomial nomenclature, a categorizing system that designates a genus and a species name for every living organism.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Our mind is scanning, selecting, and categorizing stimuli.
—Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
The committee spent four months categorizing, typing, and then proofreading 750 handwritten recipes to create the manuscript.
—Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorizing
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The Cook County medical examiner’s office determined Friday both people died from a gunshot wound to the head, classifying one death a homicide and the other a suicide.—
Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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In January, Mylius and colleagues released a tool that enhances the AI Incident Database by using a language model to parse the news reports associated with each incident, before classifying them by type of harm and severity.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
19 Jan. 2026
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Press finished her national team career with 155 appearances, ranking ninth all-time in goals scored (64) and 12th in assists (43).—
Damian Calhoun,
Daily News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Murray and Watson are both averaging over 36 minutes since Jokic’s injury, ranking top-12 in the league.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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By distinguishing between temporary and irreversible material changes, the new monitoring method provides a great basis for improving the tests.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Creating a dedicated deck for intimate meals—including formal five-course dinners prepared by the boat’s Ecuadorian chef with an all-inclusive wine and spirits menu—was central to distinguishing Hermes’s offering.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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Other travelers may prefer grouping each cube with a complete outfit, eliminating the need to piece together a perfect combo on the go.—
Rachel Chang,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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Ahead of the talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that Russia had not dropped its insistence on Ukraine yielding all of its eastern area of Donbas - Ukraine's industrial heartland grouping the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Categorizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorizing. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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