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
  • But before the Maratha camp could regroup with their base in Delhi, Durrani crossed the Yamuna on October 25, 1760, cutting off the camp from Delhi and placing it under a state of siege in the town of Panipat.
    Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This, though, buys Infantino time to ride out the storm, regroup and rebuild.
    Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Authorities in the criminal complaint identified the three as 47-year-old Jose Rivera, his 5-year-old nephew Andrew and his 2-year-old niece Arlette.
    Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The plant, which has not been identified for security reasons, was forced to close for four days because of the infiltration, the report said.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

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“Recategorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recategorize. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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