as in type
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
By contrast, those categories add up to 49.8% of expenditures for adults age 45 through 54.
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Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Fans can vote in 19 gender-neutral categories by visiting vote.mtv.com through Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. ET.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
At six-thirty, the rodeo’s director, Robbie Carter, presents oversize checks with cash prizes awarded to the winning teams in various rat-killing categories.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Starting in 2008, after individual performance was phased out, some voters decided that, hey, maybe these guys are actually good actors and started nominating them in lead and supporting categories.
—Steven Zeitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
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Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Fans can vote in 19 gender-neutral categories by visiting vote.mtv.com through Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. ET.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
At six-thirty, the rodeo’s director, Robbie Carter, presents oversize checks with cash prizes awarded to the winning teams in various rat-killing categories.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Starting in 2008, after individual performance was phased out, some voters decided that, hey, maybe these guys are actually good actors and started nominating them in lead and supporting categories.
—Steven Zeitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for category
kind
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They’re wrapped in banana leaves instead of corn husks, are flatter and more rectangular in shape, and are about three times the size of the kind traditionally steamed in corn husks (perfect for sharing).—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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All questions of any kind as posed by the user will become tainted, and responses will veer from answers given to other users.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Category.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/category. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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