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one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
dinosaur remains that do not fit any existing classification
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Recent Examples of classifications
Where classifications obscure meaningful differences, the risk is that regulation becomes either overinclusive or ineffective, imposing burdens that do not address actual risks while failing to account for those that do.
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Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
The Newsom administration also touted its efforts to streamline the number of state job classifications in use as a means to speed up the state’s notorious slow hiring process.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
These and other recent harrowing instances of political violence prompted Assemblymember Laurie Davies, R-Laguna Niguel, to file a bill last week that would add political affiliation to the list of classifications needed to classify a hate crime in California.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 12 Jan. 2026
Austin and San Antonio remain under severe and extreme drought, respectively — the second- and third-highest drought classifications.
—Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
The other girls’ state champions, Madison Muller of Sarasota Riverview (4A), Selah Vignier of West Shore (2A) and Eliana Black of Northside Christian (1A) were named Runner of the Year in their classifications.
—James Varsallone, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Here are the official cutoff numbers and what schools fall in those classifications.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
The new report, released Sunday, accuses Smith of pressuring department employees into falsely reducing crime classifications to intermediate offenses in order to lower the number of felonies in MPD’s daily crime report.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2025
More than 14,000 property owners have filed formal appeals disagreeing with their property values or property classifications this year, about 5% of the 281,000 parcels in the county.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
The Newsom administration also touted its efforts to streamline the number of state job classifications in use as a means to speed up the state’s notorious slow hiring process.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
These and other recent harrowing instances of political violence prompted Assemblymember Laurie Davies, R-Laguna Niguel, to file a bill last week that would add political affiliation to the list of classifications needed to classify a hate crime in California.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 12 Jan. 2026
Austin and San Antonio remain under severe and extreme drought, respectively — the second- and third-highest drought classifications.
—Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
The other girls’ state champions, Madison Muller of Sarasota Riverview (4A), Selah Vignier of West Shore (2A) and Eliana Black of Northside Christian (1A) were named Runner of the Year in their classifications.
—James Varsallone, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Here are the official cutoff numbers and what schools fall in those classifications.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
The new report, released Sunday, accuses Smith of pressuring department employees into falsely reducing crime classifications to intermediate offenses in order to lower the number of felonies in MPD’s daily crime report.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2025
More than 14,000 property owners have filed formal appeals disagreeing with their property values or property classifications this year, about 5% of the 281,000 parcels in the county.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for classifications
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Maye, meanwhile, emerged as one of the NFL’s premier QBs in his second season, leading the league in completion percentage, yards per attempt, passer rating, QBR and a slew of other categories.—
Zack Cox,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2026
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The majority of extremely low-income renters in Oklahoma are working, disabled or elderly, with those three categories making up 83% of extremely low-income renters.—
Jake Ramsey,
Oklahoma Watch,
4 Feb. 2026
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The company believes that directional borehole disposal could provide robust and deep isolation for many types of radioactive waste, provide flexibility in repository siting, as well as allow for modular implementation adaptable to specific waste management programs and inventories.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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This recipe combines ground beef and veggies, chewy tortillas, rich enchilada sauce, and two types of gooey cheese.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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That said, the long experience of governments trying to restrict young people’s access to temptation goods of other kinds—drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, pornography—justifies cautious optimism.—
Keith Humphreys,
The Atlantic,
2 Feb. 2026
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Materials of all kinds, including handwritten and typewritten pages and microfilm, are kept in neat rows of archival boxes, some stacked six shelves high.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Classifications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classifications. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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