1
as in to rank
to arrange or assign according to type
classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity
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2
as in to organize
to put into a particular arrangement
classify the information you got from the Internet by source
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Recent Examples of classify
The American Cancer Society has also expanded its guidelines and no longer automatically classifies someone who quit smoking more than 15 years ago as low-risk.
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Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Auditors identified the misuse of funds and required the museum to report it to AAM and classify the money as a loan, says the whistleblower, with the museum’s top priority being to repay that money to the acquisition fund.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Isaacman is referring to the American astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930, classifying it as a planet.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
The World Wildlife Fund classifies white rhinos as near threatened due to poaching.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
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Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Auditors identified the misuse of funds and required the museum to report it to AAM and classify the money as a loan, says the whistleblower, with the museum’s top priority being to repay that money to the acquisition fund.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Isaacman is referring to the American astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930, classifying it as a planet.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
The World Wildlife Fund classifies white rhinos as near threatened due to poaching.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classify
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Hughes’ 2,914 points rank first in program history and 15th in NCAA history.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Prosecutors say that Allen tried to storm the dinner − where Vice President JD Vance and others from the administration were also in attendance − with multiple guns and knives, intending to kill high-ranking officials.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Michael Quinn, a New York attorney who advises estates said that the commercial art world has become so professionalized that many postwar artists are unprepared to organize their studios, archives, and intellectual property before death.—
Angelica Villa,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
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Every chat with Claude or GPT runs on the same underlying machinery that calculates spreadsheet totals and renders video games—silicon wafers etched with billions of microscopic switches, organized into specialized processors.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
1 May 2026
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College will still exist as a place—or, at least, as a website or app—that employers will use to distinguish one applicant from another.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
5 May 2026
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Diamond Recovery Group, a national network of drug and alcohol rehabilitation and mental health treatment facilities, continues to distinguish itself by earning and maintaining the highest level of accreditation in the industry.—
Ascend Agency,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Despite the setbacks, Rivera and Nuhfer continued to communicate with Sessions and arranged for the congressman to travel to Caracas to meet with Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, at a military compound near the presidential palace on April 2, 2018.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Ride-share services are readily available, golf carts can be arranged in select areas and most stations are located in or just steps from vibrant downtown districts.—
Karon Warren,
AJC.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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There’s a lot more in the text of the Voting Rights Act that categorizes the relationship between race, political cohesion and voting power.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
1 May 2026
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In addition to account categories and interactions based on age, the interactive gaming platform will also categorize the types of games played by age.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Early in the morning on May 6, police in riot gear encircled the encampment and ordered everyone to clear out, arresting 64 individuals who stayed.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Henry White was sentenced to 37 months in prison in December and was ordered to pay the same restitution amount as his sister, officials said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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Qualifying for the Champions League could boost revenue by a few hundred million; being relegated could cost a team an equal (or much greater) amount.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The club was relegated in 2019, the first time in 68 years.—
Tom Bogert,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The results are grouped by geographic region, casting a cohesive portrait of what state-of-the-art hospitality looks like around the world today.—
Asa Canty,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2026
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For the things that will be going back in, group them into categories and contain them using drawer organizers or dividers.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Classify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classify. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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