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
While Deinosuchus had long been classified as an alligator relative, its distribution on both sides of this vast seaway was an unsolved puzzle.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
They are classified as critically endangered and can reach up to 200 pounds in weight, the WWF said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Four phenotypes are classified based on specific characteristics.
—Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
The administration has acknowledged the chat including Goldberg was legitimate, but has pushed back on assertions that any information shared in it was classified.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 20 Apr. 2025
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
They are classified as critically endangered and can reach up to 200 pounds in weight, the WWF said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Four phenotypes are classified based on specific characteristics.
—Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
The administration has acknowledged the chat including Goldberg was legitimate, but has pushed back on assertions that any information shared in it was classified.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classify
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McNeeley is ranked 15th in ESPN’s list of top draft prospects.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Connolly defeated Ocasio-Cortez by a 131-84 margin in December to become the House Oversight Committee ranking Democrat.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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From organizing food drives to donating recycling proceeds to global projects, EOLO is proof that small acts can scale.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The forty-three students in Tate’s charge visited all the city’s major sites, plus some often overlooked on school trips organized by white teachers: Frederick Douglass’s house, Miner Teachers College, and the Howard University campus that would later become Tate’s academic home.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s letter noted that the one-year term of vehicle leases is often the result of state statutes or rules that distinguish a vehicle lease from a rental for sales tax purposes and set the minimum term for a lease at one year.—
Marie Sapirie,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Loveland’s ability to separate from defenders is what distinguished him.—
Adam Jahns,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Lithos arranges for the dust to be collected at the rock quarries and transported to local farms.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Last week, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court's decision ordering the Trump administration to arrange Abrego Garcia’s return.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Ensure that your product data is complete, categorized properly and optimized for search engines.—
Waleed Najam,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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While there are endless examples of stimming behavior, they can be categorized into one of five sensory experiences.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
17 Apr. 2025
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2025
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That same year, however, U.S. troops in Syria and neighboring Iraq increasingly clashed with local militias aligned with Iran, escalating to the point of Trump ordering the killing of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force chief Major General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in 2020.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Does that relegate the 2024 second-round pick to the bench, assuming Williams holds onto his starting role alongside McKinney?—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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If the next generation of cross-border rails is written in Brussels, Shenzhen or Riyadh, the dollar could be relegated to just one more token on someone else’s ledger, accepted out of habit rather than structural necessity.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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These seats will be grouped into two areas on the plane — one at the front, and one around the exit rows in the middle of the plane.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Vegetables can be grouped into two categories: Non-starchy and starchy.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Classify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classify. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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