as in to reclassify
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Recent Examples of recategorize
Last summer, Tyson wrote a letter to Trump urging him to federally recategorize cannabis as a less harmful substance.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
This approach could help children learn how to recategorize misplaced fear as a manageable emotion by approaching it piece by piece.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
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
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
Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
This approach could help children learn how to recategorize misplaced fear as a manageable emotion by approaching it piece by piece.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
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
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
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New York has prosecuted abusive lenders, and lawmakers there are weighing a law to reclassify some cash advances as loans.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2026
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Last but not least, these major players in the auto industry urge the federal government not to reclassify more vehicles as cars rather than light trucks.—
Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
5 Feb. 2026
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Next, empty one cabinet or drawer at a time, then regroup items by activity.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2026
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The question now, experts told USA TODAY, is whether the CJNG cartel will de-escalate sporadic violence and regroup, or ramp up its attacks.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Like South Carolina, North Carolina and Texas don’t require reporting of hospitalizations, but epidemiologists can identify them during case investigations.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Meridian Police Chief Tracy Basterrechea didn't identify the substance poured on the inside and outside of the ambulance.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Recategorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recategorize. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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