recategorize

Definition of recategorizenext

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Recent Examples of recategorize The proposal would follow a Department of Justice recommendation and lead the DEA to take public comments on a plan to recategorize marijuana. Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for recategorize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recategorize
Verb
  • There had been speculation for some time that Bardwell might reclassify and report to KU for the 2026-27 school year.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
  • New York aims to legally reclassify these operations as gambling, which would drastically increase Kalshi's tax obligations and significantly impact its profitability.
    Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Israel says the strikes are aimed at preventing imminent threats to its soldiers and to foil efforts by Hamas to regroup and rearm.
    Dov Lieber, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • But if the fighting starts to slow down and the Russian military is able to regroup, Bergmann said Russia could theoretically develop the capabilities to attack one of the Baltic states by 2028.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Programs such as HyCAT are intended to provide more frequent opportunities to test technologies in realistic flight conditions, potentially allowing developers to identify problems earlier and iterate more quickly.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Plaintiffs sought information identifying people involved in conceiving, creating, and carrying out the fund.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

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“Recategorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recategorize. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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