Thesaurus results for CATEGORY

noun

ˈka-tə-ˌgȯr-ē

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one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic divide the essays into categories based on difficulty of comprehension

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Recent Examples of category That's seven days of sales on a slew of product categories, including top tech upgrades at the lowest prices of the year, thus far. —

K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026 County commissioners could consider exempting these specific categories or keeping the traffic policy as is. —

Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026 Graph theory and category theory, not so much. —

Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026 Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman won in the supporting category, as Peter had predicted. —

Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for category

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kind

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Christgau may indeed be one of the last of his kind — hopefully this won’t be my last review.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
Claimed to be the world’s first of its kind, the trial involved Oceanus12 USV and Teledyne Slocum Glider.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026