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 And footwear is one of the most obvious categories where this matters. —

Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026 Is a new craft category in the works? —

Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 June 2026 For a company preparing for what is expected to be one of the largest IPOs in history, unpredictable regulatory intervention creates a new category of investor risk—one that the Fable/Mythos episode has now made concrete. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026 Allan’s Seascape Explorers won in the landscape category of the 2025 edition of the Doyles Art Awards, which was established in 2004 and now comes with a prize of 20,000 Australian dollars (about $13,800). —

Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for category

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This one-of-a-kind woman heads the collection founded in its day by Emile Hermès (1871–1951)—an extraordinary cabinet of curiosities whose doors are occasionally opened to a select few on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

— Pierre Groppo, Vanity Fair, 19 June 2026
Earlier this year, Moderna’s data was at the center of a highly unusual public dispute as a then-top FDA official blocked the company’s application for its first-of-its-kind shot.

— Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026