pigeonholing

present participle of pigeonhole

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pigeonholing Leibovitz has always resisted pigeonholing. Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigeonholing
Verb
  • In a society that relies so heavily on categorizing people into a gender binary, targeting a young man’s masculinity can be a particularly painful and isolating experience.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
  • One was based on hard-coding logical rules for categorizing inputs into symbols and then for manipulating those symbols to arrive at outputs.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • Cadillac does, however, win back a few points for keeping some physical controls around instead of relegating everything to the touchscreen, even if some of the buttons look a bit chintzy.
    Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The train then collided with the trailer, separating it from the cab, breaking it into multiple parts and rolling it.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
  • New Jersey is creating a stand-alone Department of Veterans Affairs, separating it from military operations in a move aimed at improving oversight of services for veterans and their families.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This drives both day-to-day operations, like smarter procurement, as well as long-term strategy, like identifying and reducing emissions at the source.
    Sophia Mendelsohn, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • It was built in 1954 by mathematician and organist Leland Sprinkle, who spent years identifying which stalactites would produce the right notes.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Pigeonholing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigeonholing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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