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verb

past tense of classify

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Recent Examples of classified
Adjective
Users need to have a top-secret security clearance of the highest level possible at the Energy Department to access the network, according to agency rules for handling classified information. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 3 May 2025 Hegseth and others in the Trump administration have downplayed the controversy, saying no classified information was shared on the Signal chats. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 1 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
  • Their frontcourt of 6-foot-4 Breanna Stewart (who made all eight of her shot attempts in the restricted area) and 6-6 Jonquel Jones remains a matchup nightmare, especially against teams with limited frontcourt depth.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • After not being tendered by Tennessee as a restricted free agent in March, Gibbens visited Foxborough.
    Oliver Thomas, Forbes.com, 16 May 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
  • Steve Madden, based in Long Island City, New York, said Adidas sued it twice in 2002 to challenge footwear with two parallel stripes and four parallel stripes, leading to a confidential settlement the next year.
    Jonathan Stempel, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • But less attention is paid to the trades of executive branch employees and congressional aides whose work could give them access to confidential information likely to influence markets once made public.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 22 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
  • But there's a fascinating set of new patches Chinese officials released for a series of launches with top secret satellites over the last two months.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 May 2025
  • But that assumes that there aren't all kinds of top secret systems installed.
    A Martínez, NPR, 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
  • In three statements in the two days after Khalil’s arrest, the university said its policy is to comply with the law but also to require law enforcement operating in its nonpublic spaces to have judicial warrants.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 7 May 2025
  • Families in Texas are now among a growing number of states who can use public funds to pay for a nonpublic education, including private schools and homeschooling.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 4 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 27 May. 2025.

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