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Recent Examples of reclassify
The effort to reclassify the drug was stalled during the Biden administration amid resistance from the Drug Enforcement Agency, the New York Times reported.
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Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Former President Joe Biden's Department of Health and Human Services first made the recommendation to reclassify the drug in 2023.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
The Biden Administration moved to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug—a ranking that would lower criminal penalties for it—though officials did not finalize their plans before leaving office.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
Trump weighs major marijuana policy move that would reclassify the plant.
—FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Former President Joe Biden's Department of Health and Human Services first made the recommendation to reclassify the drug in 2023.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
The Biden Administration moved to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug—a ranking that would lower criminal penalties for it—though officials did not finalize their plans before leaving office.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
Trump weighs major marijuana policy move that would reclassify the plant.
—FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclassify
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The congratulatory messages from the two ex-presidents, who are among the Democratic Party’s most popular national figures, appear to be a signal mainstream Democratic heavyweights are warming up to Mamdani as the party continues to regroup following staggering losses nationally in 2024.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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But this time, with Pelosi already eighty-five years old and no longer in a leadership role, it will be left to others to regroup.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2025
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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
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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
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Witnesses said a silver Ford sedan fled the scene, and detectives later identified the driver as 57-year-old Humberto Munoz Gatica of Laguna Niguel, according to The Register.—
Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Tarrant County Medical Examiner will publicly identify the person who died.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
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The group, mainly millennials and young Gen Xers, grew up in the internet era and recognize how technology can switch up the status quo.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Still, this technology requires careful attention to bias by ensuring AI agents recognize diverse communication patterns fairly and accurately, rather than embedding harmful assumptions.—
Rachel Curry,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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The hotline does not solve these problems for callers, but 211 information specialists use the most current local information available to refer callers to service agencies that are most likely to have resources to help.—
Matthew W. Kreuter,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Forced to scramble, both Telluride and Mountain Village officials referred measures to November’s ballot, asking voters to approve taxes on visitors’ lift tickets.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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At a time when the Mavericks need as much good will, or PR, as possible, filing a lawsuit against the Dallas Stars is petty, small and mean.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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Since then, Shashou and Effron have been iterating alongside what has become a team of 50 robotics engineers on the manicure system, which can remove nail polish; deliver cuticle care; file nails — without blades — and impart colored polish and a top coat to finish.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
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The ratings group classifies 17 Republican Senate seats as solid Republican, with only two likely Republican and one as leans Republican.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Furthermore, policymakers and procurement officials now classify technologies by urgency.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Alzheon's product is meant to keep plaques from forming in the first place, by preventing amyloid proteins from clumping at all.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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Navigating the world of priming serums can be a slippery slope due to heavy formulas and glitter-like ingredients that clump upon application.—
Tatayana Yomary,
Essence,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Reclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclassify. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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