as in to reclassify
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Recent Examples of recategorize
When mistakes are low-consequence, smart leaders recategorize errors as learning opportunities, evolutionary misguidance and situational myopia rather than doling out errors with penalties and professional purgatory.
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Nuala Walsh, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
The reintroduced bill would recategorize cranial prosthetics as durable medical equipment covered under the Social Security Act.
—Essence, 6 Oct. 2021
In California, lawmakers passed legislation requiring ride-hailing giants to recategorize drivers as employees and not contractors (which Uber and Lyft fought with a ballot initiative that was overturned last month).
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 16 Sep. 2021
That created an additional load on the service desk team, which had to manually recategorize these requests prior to either manual processing or automation via a workflow.
—Pat Calhoun, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
Under the order’s terms, White House officials could recategorize Fauci as a Schedule F employee and then dismiss him, effectively stripping him of his ability to appeal against his own removal.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2020
Nuala Walsh, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
The reintroduced bill would recategorize cranial prosthetics as durable medical equipment covered under the Social Security Act.
—Essence, 6 Oct. 2021
In California, lawmakers passed legislation requiring ride-hailing giants to recategorize drivers as employees and not contractors (which Uber and Lyft fought with a ballot initiative that was overturned last month).
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 16 Sep. 2021
That created an additional load on the service desk team, which had to manually recategorize these requests prior to either manual processing or automation via a workflow.
—Pat Calhoun, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
Under the order’s terms, White House officials could recategorize Fauci as a Schedule F employee and then dismiss him, effectively stripping him of his ability to appeal against his own removal.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recategorize
Verb
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And a year later, at the urging of her daughters, Nancy’s case was reclassified as a homicide.—
Dateline NBC,
NBC news,
9 July 2025
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This year, many of these areas were reclassified as moderate or high hazard, with the very high fire hazard zones being kept to mostly south of Highway 9 and in two portions of the western hills.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
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But these emotions can block us from regrouping and trying again.—
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle,
CNBC,
2 July 2025
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The video resonated with many brides who understood the experience of plans falling apart and having to regroup with a smile – and perhaps a few tears.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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“Recategorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recategorize. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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