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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
Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
For the Department of Defense, SpaceX's Falcon 9 helps launch classified satellites and other payloads into space.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Police sources say Heifler is an alleged member of what the FBI has classified as a far right-wing terrorist group known as the Jewish Defense League.
—Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
That law, the USA Freedom Act, came after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked classified information on how the agency was collecting Americans' phone records.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
For the Department of Defense, SpaceX's Falcon 9 helps launch classified satellites and other payloads into space.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
Authorities have classified her as an at-risk missing person due to a medical condition and issued an endangered missing alert Sunday evening, sending notifications to mobile phones across the East Bay days after her disappearance.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Police sources say Heifler is an alleged member of what the FBI has classified as a far right-wing terrorist group known as the Jewish Defense League.
—Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classified
Adjective
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The aircraft, assigned to Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, went down within the restricted military training complex north of the city.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026
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The trio then proceeded past a restricted door without authorization, the affidavit shows, and boarded the plane.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Site Selection Magazine just ranked Illinois as the best state in the Midwest, and third nationally, for workforce development because of critical investments in higher education, apprenticeships and skill development.—
Mark Denzler,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Here are all nine official version of the ultimate Raging Bull ranked.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2026
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Private museum tours, sandal-making workshops, and boat trips to the nearby islands of Aegina and Kea (where another One&Only opens in 2024) can be arranged.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Uncollected Letters of Virginia Woolf, weighing in at a thousand pages and containing over 1,400 letters (additions to the 3,766 letters that were published in six volumes, edited by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann, between 1975 and 1980), is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.—
Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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All calls will be kept confidential.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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All calls are toll-free and confidential.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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In addition to the Obama Center artists, who will be grouped in a section called Embodiment, there are two other main sections at the fair.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Artemis 4 candidate landing sites are grouped around the south pole below Moretus at the extreme edge of the lunar disk, though only a glimpse of the most northerly sites such as Nobel Crater and Malapert Massif can be spotted when lunar libration is favorable.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Olitzky and Marder recently returned from a listening tour of Israel and the West Bank, organized by the nonpartisan group Encounter.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The hunger strike starts on April 10 and is organized by the Zero Burn Coalition, working with a medical team along the way.—
Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The dress was top secret—Burton didn't even tell her mom.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
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Royce Williams, who is eligible to receive the Medal of Honor for his 1952 dogfight against seven Soviet MiGs, which was classified top secret for more than 50 years.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Second, the two sides must be readily distinguishable from each other, usually by applying color or markings to one side, although in rare cases they can be distinguished by shape, with one side being convex and the other being concave.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2026
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Across a wide range of practice areas, from corporate law and litigation to emerging fields influenced by technology and global policy, today’s most influential lawyers are distinguished by their vision, dedication, and ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Classified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classified. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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