reclassify

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Recent Examples of reclassify The 6-foot-5, 185-pound Miami, Florida native, who signed a financial aid agreement with Kansas after reclassifying on Tuesday, assured himself status as an elite recruit nationally by averaging 15.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025 UCHealth spokesman Dan Weaver said the system asked the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to reclassify its hospitals in 2023 because of concerns the federal government could determine the whole provider tax program is out of compliance, not as a way to bring in more money. Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 8 July 2025 Boxer Mike Tyson joined other athletes in pressuring President Donald Trump to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug. Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2025 And a year later, at the urging of her daughters, Nancy’s case was reclassified as a homicide. Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for reclassify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclassify
Verb
  • Ferrari and Mercedes will also regroup, while F1 will add an 11th team with Cadillac.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Why: Consolidating power while his military advantage lasts, before regional proxies regroup.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Verb
  • 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, Essence, 6 Oct. 2021
Verb
  • Tom Lehrer never identified closely with his ancestral Judaism.
    Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Authorities identified the dead only as a man and a woman.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Regardless of the era, recognizing the craft’s origins is important to understanding its evolution.
    Mark LaSota, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
  • Israel, which is a full member of the U.N., is currently recognized by around 165 U.N. member states.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
Verb
  • Three skinny fries clumped together and dunked into your favorite condiment will always hit.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
  • Feel free to layer this buildable formula for a more dramatic finish without clumping or webbing in the process.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Reports also indicate Kennedy referred lawsuits against Merck, the maker of the only HPV vaccine sold in the U.S., to a law firm that employs his son, and received referral fees for those cases.
    Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 28 July 2025
  • When external pressures arise, refer back to these principles.
    Antoine Andrews, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Verb
  • Inmates sweating out the summer due to a broken air conditioning system claim correctional officers have denied their ability to file grievances over the conditions at a Plainfield prison.
    Matthew Cupelli, IndyStar, 31 July 2025
  • Combs' legal team filed a motion late Wednesday, July 30, asking the court to either overturn his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution or grant him a new trial, according to legal documents obtained by USA TODAY.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 31 July 2025
Verb
  • The company classified the fix and vulnerability as Priority 1 and Severity 1, a clear indication that the company recognized the potentially dire consequences had the vulnerability been exploited maliciously in the wild.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025
  • This year, Jim Bowden classifies 14 clubs as buyers, eight as sellers and eight as on the fence.
    Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 30 July 2025

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“Reclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclassify. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.

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