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as in ranked
to arrange or assign according to type
classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity
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as in arranged
to put into a particular arrangement
classify the information you got from the Internet by source
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as in restricted
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Recent Examples of classified
Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025
What is Area 51? Area 51 is a classified testing facility for the U.S. Air Force, built in 1955.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 29 July 2025
Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
The Kansas City Police Department has classified the potential shooting as a death investigation, not a homicide, according to DiMartino.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Theoretically, there's nothing to stop a Chinese company, for example, from taking a similar tack on revealing classified maneuvers conducted by US military satellites.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025
What is Area 51? Area 51 is a classified testing facility for the U.S. Air Force, built in 1955.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 29 July 2025
Adjective
Police later classified the case as a homicide.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
The Kansas City Police Department has classified the potential shooting as a death investigation, not a homicide, according to DiMartino.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classified
Verb
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Baker passed a polygraph test arranged by his attorney.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Waivers or payment plans can sometimes be arranged to avoid a complete cutoff of benefits.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In addition to Burnham Park's large population, nearly half of the streets in the area only allow for single-side parking, according to a map of streets with restricted parking from the city of Milwaukee.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The executives also received a tranche of restricted stock units, with Ellison and Shell receiving 5 million shares, and Brandon-Gordon 4 million shares, which will vest quarterly over a five year period.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps not surprisingly, nonviolent movements’ success depends on how well they’re organized.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Missouri Immunization Coalition, which organized the event for April 24-25, also had to lay off half its staff, according to board president Lynelle Phillips.—
Jackie Fortiér,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Never enter sensitive, confidential or proprietary company information into public AI tools like ChatGPT.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has been building a secret stock position with special confidential treatment for two quarters in a row.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Beyond these achievements, Alex distinguished himself through his partnership with the administration.—
Olivia Antigua,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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That’s an issue because while both hemp and marijuana are cannabis plants, distinguished only by their cannabinoid content, they are regulated differently.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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These operations would be authorized by DOE in locations outside the confines of DOE national laboratories (where current experiments are taking place in sites operating under U.S. government top secret protocols).—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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David Slater, 64, who had top secret clearance at his job at the U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, pleaded guilty to a single count before a federal magistrate judge in Omaha on Thursday.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
15 July 2025
Verb
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The Sheriff’s Office said the call was not categorized as a mental health crisis.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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To tackle the problem, the group categorized possible dissections of an equilateral triangle based on how the cuts intersect the triangle’s edges.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Each team will pay $250 million in franchise fees to join the league, according to a person familiar with the terms who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic details.—
Jessica Golden,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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But Cato’s nonpublic data showed about 9 out of 10 had never been convicted of a violent or property crime and 30% have no criminal record.—
Rachel Uranga,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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“Classified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classified. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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