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verb

past tense of classify

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Recent Examples of classified
Adjective
For more than a year, thousands of classified documents flowed from the TRW complex to the Soviets, with Boyce sometimes smuggling them out in potted plants. Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025 The actual ranges of these missiles remain classified. Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Verb
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 See All Example Sentences for classified
Recent Examples of Synonyms for classified
Adjective
  • Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and other U.S. defense contractors could face restricted access to European markets, further complicating their growth prospects.
    Dan Irvine, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
  • He was placed on MLB’s restricted list after initially being placed on administrative leave.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • Baker passed a polygraph test arranged by his attorney.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Waivers or payment plans can sometimes be arranged to avoid a complete cutoff of benefits.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday.
    Stephanie Liechtenstein, Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2025
  • The Justice Department and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser are suing the company and several large landlords for allegedly establishing a cartel-like system to drive up rent prices by sharing confidential information.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps not surprisingly, nonviolent movements’ success depends on how well they’re organized.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • This recipe includes a top secret recipe for the best ragout ever.
    Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
  • In that film, Cassian learns about a high-ranking Imperial officer, Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen), leaking a message to his daughter, Jyn (Felicity Jones), about the existence of a top secret super-weapon, aka the Death Star.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • Beyond these achievements, Alex distinguished himself through his partnership with the administration.
    Olivia Antigua, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • The median number of students per nonpublic microschool is 22, while the median number for traditional public or charter microschools is higher at 36 students, with some institutions accommodating up to 100 students.
    Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • The idea is to prevent members of Congress from profiting from their access to nonpublic information.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • The Sheriff’s Office said the call was not categorized as a mental health crisis.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • 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

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“Classified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classified. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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