1
as in ranking
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 organizing
to put into a particular arrangement
classify the information you got from the Internet by source
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Recent Examples of classifying
Forecasters give Sherrill an advantage, with both the Cook Political Report and Sabato's Crystal Ball classifying the race as Leans Democrat.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Without establishing any link to last week’s shooting, the Republican president and members of his administration have discussed classifying some groups as domestic terrorists, ordering racketeering investigations and revoking tax-exempt status for progressive nonprofits.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
But performance dropped to 54 percent when classifying narrower age groups, and failed entirely for some users.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
By classifying data, modeling usage scenarios and anticipating infringements, AI reduces risk for legal teams while supporting stronger evidentiary narratives in litigation.
—Joseph K. Hopkins, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Delays in classifying more illnesses hurt people, Tom O'Connor said.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
The court forbade companies from classifying workers as independent contractors except in narrow circumstances.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
In addition, tests have marked its accuracy at 88% in classifying wireless signal types.
—New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
After all, despite the Packers classifying the left tackle competition as open this offseason, general manager Brian Gutekunst implied another player would have to do something significant this summer to unseat Walker in the starting lineup.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Without establishing any link to last week’s shooting, the Republican president and members of his administration have discussed classifying some groups as domestic terrorists, ordering racketeering investigations and revoking tax-exempt status for progressive nonprofits.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
But performance dropped to 54 percent when classifying narrower age groups, and failed entirely for some users.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
By classifying data, modeling usage scenarios and anticipating infringements, AI reduces risk for legal teams while supporting stronger evidentiary narratives in litigation.
—Joseph K. Hopkins, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Delays in classifying more illnesses hurt people, Tom O'Connor said.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
The court forbade companies from classifying workers as independent contractors except in narrow circumstances.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
In addition, tests have marked its accuracy at 88% in classifying wireless signal types.
—New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
After all, despite the Packers classifying the left tackle competition as open this offseason, general manager Brian Gutekunst implied another player would have to do something significant this summer to unseat Walker in the starting lineup.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for classifying
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Hong Kong’s financial secretary Paul Chan said Sunday that initial public offerings had raised nearly 150 billion Hong Kong dollars so far this year, ranking top globally.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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With three of the next four opponents having offenses ranking in the bottom 10 in yards per game, the time is now for the Cowboys’ defense to figure out its issues before the gauntlet that awaits in November and December.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
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Lucy Milligan Wahl is the owner of LMW Edits, a professional organizing company.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Sep. 2025
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In an interview with Vogue to promote her new Maybelline campaign, the Grammy winner, 32, spoke about spending time organizing clothes, awards and other objects from her career, noting how she's been doing the same in many areas of her life.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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In the current threat environment, the offenders are often not distinguishing.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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This is not distinguishing Russia.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Elite Asian Matchmaker is a white-glove service that handles all the logistics, from vetting potential matches to arranging dates, allowing clients to simply show up and enjoy the experience.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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The tour company optimized the schedule to match workers' paid time off, by arranging departure days scheduled around holidays or weekends, which minimizes the days a traveler would need to take from work.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Oct. 2025
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To cope, Chinese companies have turned more to grouping large numbers of less efficient, often homegrown, chips together to achieve similar computing capabilities.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Create a neutral fall display by grouping elegant white and pale-orange pumpkins.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Instead of heading to the ventanita and ordering the traditional hot cortadito, guests can now order iced and shaken cortaditos and cold foam coffees in flavors like Cuban S’mores, Guava Cold Foam, Maria Cookie Crumble and Honey Cortadito.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman followed through on his pledge to control rents, ordering on Thursday a five-year freeze on residential and commercial leases in Riyadh to curb soaring prices.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Like Perec’s, Latronico’s novel is interested in categorizing a consumerist milieu.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Auto-categorizing lines in Reminders lists Since iOS 17, Reminders has been able to automatically sort items in grocery lists into distinct categories, like Produce and Proteins.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Mahomes’ connections with Tyquan Thornton secured the victory, relegating New York to their first 0-3 season since 2021.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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To make room, the 2025–26 campaign will promote two teams from the second tier while relegating just one through a new playoff system.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Classifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classifying. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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