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to arrange or assign according to type
classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity
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to put into a particular arrangement
classify the information you got from the Internet by source
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Recent Examples of classified
Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 17 May 2026
She is accused of defecting to Iran and turning over classified information to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Some of these exposures are classified as high-risk, and among them is an American doctor who has been evacuated to Germany, health officials said.
—Klinger Soares Faico Filho, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
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Adjective
Even spouses of servicemembers have the potential of learning classified information about operations.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 17 May 2026
She is accused of defecting to Iran and turning over classified information to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Verb
This year, the State Department declined to renew funding for more than 100 foreign-aid programs that the department classified internally as lifesaving.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Some of these exposures are classified as high-risk, and among them is an American doctor who has been evacuated to Germany, health officials said.
—Klinger Soares Faico Filho, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classified
Adjective
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Investigators say Mott climbed over an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire before entering the restricted airfield.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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And speaking of restricted free agency, the obvious winner for most regrettable decision one year later was choosing Christian Braun’s extension over Peyton Watson’s.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Multiple studies in 2024–26 have ranked San Jose as the least affordable housing market in the United States, based on comparisons of home prices to local incomes.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Seahawks, Week 7 Based on the all-encompassing DVOA metrics, Seattle finished last season ranked first in overall, pass and run defense.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
Verb
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The product is a cluster of six lie-flat sleep pods arranged in three tiers — the setup is essentially bunk beds in the sky — between the economy and premium economy cabins on its newest Boeing 787-9 aircraft.—
Chris Dong,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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People sating their desires for food and company no longer need seedy hotels or hastily arranged Facebook events, now that brick-and-mortar spaces like Aikens’s restaurant exist.—
Victoria M. Walker,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Painter said this is exactly the kind of trading a president shouldn’t do, because the president has both confidential information about overseas developments and the power to move commodities markets through his own decisions.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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All calls are toll-free and confidential.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Humidity-loving plants are best grouped together.—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
16 May 2026
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The state is divided into 20 Education Service Center Regions, in which school districts are grouped.—
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Verb
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This clutch hits the mark, with a spacious main compartment and two interior card slots to keep everything organized.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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Two new literary awards, Books of Freedom by Freedom Letters, and Dar, organized by writer Mikhail Shishkin, have been launched explicitly to honor Russian-language books that cannot be published in Russia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Taylor, along with Eaddy Kiernan Bunzel and the rest of the events team, spends practically all of April in a conference room at the Vogue office, going over the seating chart, which lives on a large poster board that is kept top secret.—
Madeleine Luckel,
Vogue,
2 May 2026
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This book and movie also have one of my favorite Clancy Facts, which is that Tom revealed a top secret, silent navigation technology that caused a minor stir in the world of military-industrial-complex boat guys.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But his team distinguished themselves through superior organisation with and without the ball, exploiting space to play to the specific strengths of their personnel.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Family dynamics have frequently been at the heart of Koreeda’s films, invariably distinguished by his exceptional direction of children.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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“Classified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classified. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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