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
  • The Drug Enforcement Administration has begun hearings on its proposal to reclassify recreational cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the federal Controlled Substances Act.
    A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • One complaint involved a fan who bought Category 1 seats expecting premium views, only to have FIFA later reclassify them as Category 2 seating.
    Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Brooklyn cruised to a 3-0 lead without needing Rachel, putting in the bench players to lose the meaningless final and will look to regroup tomorrow.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • In February Polestar announced its plans to reboot and regroup.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • No deaths have been reported and the source of the cyclospora infections hasn’t been identified.
    Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Ahead of the law taking effect, SANDAG released a draft map in June identifying which transit stops will be subject to new high-density zoning.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026

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“Recategorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recategorize. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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