1
as in to rank
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 to organize
to put into a particular arrangement
classify the information you got from the Internet by source
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Recent Examples of classify
Among military populations, the burden is similarly high: more than 450,000 U.S. service members received a TBI diagnosis between 2000 and 2021, most cases classified as mild but contributing substantial long-term impacts.
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Keita Franklin, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
The Pentagon keeps its inventory of munitions classified.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
During his first term, he was accused of shredding documents and flushing them down the toilet; after leaving office, he was criminally indicted for hoarding official files, some of them classified, at Mar-a-Lago, and then obstructing government efforts to get them back.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
That information is still classified to the public.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
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Keita Franklin, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
The Pentagon keeps its inventory of munitions classified.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
During his first term, he was accused of shredding documents and flushing them down the toilet; after leaving office, he was criminally indicted for hoarding official files, some of them classified, at Mar-a-Lago, and then obstructing government efforts to get them back.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
That information is still classified to the public.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classify
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He was ranked ahead of DJ Lagway and Dylan Raiola, who started at Florida and Nebraska last season, respectively.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Hospitals in each region were ranked based on their points.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Helping her to organize the event will be Carla Acevedo-Yates, Romi Crawford, Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro, and Xiaoyu Weng.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 Aug. 2025
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Last year, Wilson County’s Tuckers Crossroads community organized a tractor parade to protest an industrial park plan on an approximate 1,380-acre location near Linwood and Bluebird Roads just off Interstate 40 in eastern Wilson County.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
18 Aug. 2025
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The team took apart the malaria problem and tried something new: detect the wingbeat frequency—to distinguish it from other insects—of a female Anopheles in flight and shoot it down.—
Robert C. Wolcott,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Officials: 4 children found dead in the home Other local fire and volunteer agencies joined the effort to distinguish the fire and search for the victims, the press release stated.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2025
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As a fixer, Miguel has arranged interviews with El Mayo’s inner circle.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Interested buyers, their representatives or brokers can arrange for special tours.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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They were never easily categorized but rather open to many styles.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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This risk factor can also be categorized more precisely as political risk.—
Catherine Brock,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Attorneys for Bedrock Healthcare argue the court's decision to order the nursing homes into receivership was hasty and unnecessary.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Texas House quickly issued civil arrest warrants for absent Democrats and Abbott ordered state troopers to help find and arrest them, but lawmakers physically outside Texas are beyond the jurisdiction of state authorities.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Drafted in the first round a year ago, the sophomore quarterbacks have combined for three regular-season starts – all by Penix – yet were relegated to bubble wrap during the weekend.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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He was loaned to FC Twente in July 2022 after Norwich were relegated to the Championship but returned the following January to help his parent side.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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The research division of The Economist Group scored 173 cities based on 30 key indicators that were grouped into five categories: stability, health care, education, infrastructure, and culture and environment.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Aug. 2025
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Regaining Unconsciousness, her first collection in a dozen years, feels like an archival boxset, with over a hundred poems grouped into eleven sections with the impressionistic, welcoming vibe of playlists.—
Christopher Spaide
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Classify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classify. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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