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
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Originally in line to graduate from high school in 2025, the basketball phenom reclassified two summers ago in order to become college-eligible a year earlier.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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The Maine native reclassified to the high school class of 2024 two years ago, putting him on track to be the No. 1 overall pick Wednesday night.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
26 June 2025
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Massachusetts lawmakers should regroup, and tune out the cable tax.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
24 June 2025
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Groups of demonstrators retreated to nearby streets, only to cut back and regroup near the Stonewall Inn and Christopher Park.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
24 June 2025
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“Recategorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recategorize. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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