RECLASSIFY Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

reclassify

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Definition of reclassify

as in to regroup

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Recent Examples of reclassify Once the nominations are announced, there’s a whole different story about how many of these shows will actually win an Emmy after the Academy reclassified the category as an area award, which could result in multiple winners. — Peter White, Deadline, 11 June 2026 One big wild card is Kohl Rosario, who was the most efficient scorer on the EYBL circuit last year before reclassifying to the Class of 2025. — Cj Moore june 2, New York Times, 2 June 2026 The job market hasn’t disappeared but has been quietly reclassified as a service economy, with the candidate as the customer. — Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 20 May 2026 Pluto was long considered our ninth planet, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet. — CBS News, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for reclassify

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Come early to regroup between screenings; come back when the festival moves from premieres to nightcaps.

— Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Fragmented views of reality regroup themselves into a new unity as a separate pseudo-world that can only be looked at….

— David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of regroup

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And Blanche invoked that streamlined process to recategorize medical marijuana.

— Bill Chappell, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
Cumming said the city refused to comply with a subpoena by trying to recategorize it as a request under the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA), per advice from an attorney with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General (OAG).

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026

Definition of recategorize

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Programs such as HyCAT are intended to provide more frequent opportunities to test technologies in realistic flight conditions, potentially allowing developers to identify problems earlier and iterate more quickly.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Plaintiffs sought information identifying people involved in conceiving, creating, and carrying out the fund.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of identify

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The opinion team should have recognized that his biased anti-Israel position was not relevant to the subject of his commentary.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Alas, for all of his brilliance, Miguel struggles to recognize the emergence of his own paranoia, let alone to identify its source.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of recognize

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The title refers not only to the horror film my protagonist, Maya, is trying to make, but also to the city’s new masters and to those living in a zombified state of willful ignorance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
The police officer who responded did not issue a ticket, but referred the case to the Placer County District Attorney’s Office for possible prosecution for misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of refer

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The department does not classify its calls by snake type, the spokesperson said.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
The petition sought to classify data centers as industrial nuisances, arguing that a ban would protect residents’ property and preserve city resources, such as water and electricity.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

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