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 the drugs classified as Schedule III are ketamine, anabolic steroids and Tylenol with codeine.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The highest levels of the federal government are paying attention to a list of people who have gone missing or died, citing concerns about their connections to scientific research, some of it potentially classified.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Li’s bet is that machines need to inhabit a model of three-dimensional reality, not merely classify it.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
This species was discovered in the 1970s but wasn’t formally classified until 2006.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The highest levels of the federal government are paying attention to a list of people who have gone missing or died, citing concerns about their connections to scientific research, some of it potentially classified.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Li’s bet is that machines need to inhabit a model of three-dimensional reality, not merely classify it.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
This species was discovered in the 1970s but wasn’t formally classified until 2006.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classify
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He was nationally ranked, twice the national collegiate champion.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Here are three stocks favored by some of Wall Street's top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2026
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The current show and the accompanying catalog are organized thematically rather than chronologically.—
Nicole Rudick,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Below is a recap of the C-suite developments at America’s highest-revenue-generating companies announced between April 18–24, 2026, organized by sector.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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In discussions of people like Michael Jackson, some defenders insist on distinguishing between the artist and the art, but a bio-pic is necessarily about both.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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John Rubin, the Albert Coates distinguished professor of public law and government at the University of North Carolina School of Government, declined to talk about Brown’s case or any other case specifically.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2026
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According to court documents, transport for the embryo is being arranged for early May.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Jones also irritated House leaders by ignoring a plan to continue using Georgia's voting machines for one more year until replacements can be arranged, creating the possibility of a dicey election-season special session.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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When space is tight, being able to compress and categorize your clothes makes everything feel a little less chaotic.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2026
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Jain is not even convinced that BTSP should be categorized as a non-Hebbian type of learning.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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Rybochkin said that the unit’s chief engineer had ordered it.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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He was ordered held without bail at his arraignment Saturday at Manhattan Criminal Court.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Burnley lost and were relegated to the Championship.—
Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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And the emotions weren’t relegated to the end, as the premise of the show often found the pair covering high drama from their lives, pop culture, famous friends and more.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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In a study published in Science Advances on Wednesday, Michaelson and his team grouped regions of the human genome by age and looked for which groups tracked closest to language ability.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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This is why phone numbers are grouped, why logos matter, and why early childhood learning relies heavily on shapes and visual associations.—
Jay Gardiner,
Boston Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Classify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classify. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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