1
as in ranks
to arrange or assign according to type
classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity
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2
as in organizes
to put into a particular arrangement
classify the information you got from the Internet by source
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Recent Examples of classifies
The department classifies Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger under its highest Level 4 advisory, warning Americans about issues of terrorism, crime, kidnapping, and more.
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
The machine learning algorithm, meanwhile, classifies and identifies stationary objects that could lead to collisions.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
While recipes vary, the glycemic index (GI)—a scale from one to 100 that measures how quickly a food raises blood sugar—of gingerbread cookies is about 66, which classifies them as a high-glycemic food, according to Alexandria Hardy, RDN, LDN, owner of Pennsylvania Nutrition Services.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 22 Dec. 2025
The review, outlined in a USCIS memo published in December, targets pending applications from individuals with adjusted status and from countries the agency classifies as high risk.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
The report classifies DeepSeek in the lower tier of safety-minded companies.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 3 Dec. 2025
The research was conducted by an international team of 43 public health and nutrition experts led by Carlos Monteiro, a Brazilian epidemiologist and professor at the University of São Paulo who developed the NOVA system, which classifies foods by how heavily they are processed.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Nov. 2025
The World Health Organization classifies it as an occupational phenomenon, and Gallup reports that 44 percent of employees worldwide experience daily stress — the highest on record.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
Aid organizations say the reasoning appears to be used to refer to a wide variety of comments the Israeli government classifies as antisemitic.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
The machine learning algorithm, meanwhile, classifies and identifies stationary objects that could lead to collisions.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
While recipes vary, the glycemic index (GI)—a scale from one to 100 that measures how quickly a food raises blood sugar—of gingerbread cookies is about 66, which classifies them as a high-glycemic food, according to Alexandria Hardy, RDN, LDN, owner of Pennsylvania Nutrition Services.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 22 Dec. 2025
The review, outlined in a USCIS memo published in December, targets pending applications from individuals with adjusted status and from countries the agency classifies as high risk.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
The report classifies DeepSeek in the lower tier of safety-minded companies.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 3 Dec. 2025
The research was conducted by an international team of 43 public health and nutrition experts led by Carlos Monteiro, a Brazilian epidemiologist and professor at the University of São Paulo who developed the NOVA system, which classifies foods by how heavily they are processed.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Nov. 2025
The World Health Organization classifies it as an occupational phenomenon, and Gallup reports that 44 percent of employees worldwide experience daily stress — the highest on record.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
Aid organizations say the reasoning appears to be used to refer to a wide variety of comments the Israeli government classifies as antisemitic.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for classifies
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Not only do companies in Minnesota offer competitive salaries, but the state also ranks high in reliable long-term benefits.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
20 Jan. 2026
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Healthcare and social services dominated Indeed’s list which ranks professions on their three-year growth trends against current openings.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
20 Jan. 2026
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The text thus distinguishes between the court and the chief judge.—
James M. McGuire,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Nursing left off the professional degree list Under the new law, the Department of Education created a classification system that distinguishes professional from nonprofessional graduate degrees.—
Kymberlee Montgomery,
The Conversation,
7 Jan. 2026
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Netflix arranges its genres in rows.—
Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The painter spends hours drawing sketches of the corpse, then chops up her body, arranges the pieces in a suitcase and buries it with the help of an old man sitting under a cypress tree.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
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Robby relegates Langdon to triage for now — there’s less of a chance the two will run into each other that way.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Ed’s high-paying job allows (or relegates) Jess to be a stay-at-home mum, her life devoted to (and circumscribed by) her children.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Dec. 2025
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Starting Monday, specialists will deliver reports evaluating the nearly 50-year-old building’s condition and repair costs that could determine whether the City Council orders Dallas’ government hub to stay put or move elsewhere.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Jan. 2026
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The ruling orders federal law enforcement to stop taking action against peaceful protesters, including those demonstrating against federal agents and officers.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
17 Jan. 2026
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The Secretary of State’s Office categorizes spending on lobbying by industry.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
22 Dec. 2025
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Crystal Robbins, a program manager with San Diego Fire-Rescue who works with high users of emergency services, said the system sometimes struggles to handle cases like Ed’s where there is a relentless impact on family members, but for infractions that the penal code categorizes as minor.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Dec. 2025
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Today, a Luddite is your grandparent who keeps looking at the screen rather than the camera when on Zoom, the Boomer who types in all-capital letters, the grouchy man who refuses to get a smart phone, the professor spewing invective against Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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The authority is a partnership of Cedar Park, Leander and Round Rock that treats and distributes Lake Travis water the cities have contracted from the Lower Colorado River Authority.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
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Quinata collects stuffed animals throughout the year and distributes them at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center and Ronald McDonald House in San Diego.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Jan. 2026
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