reclassify

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Recent Examples of reclassify The Justice Department will make that argument even as the administration is moving to reclassify marijuana to a less dangerous category of drugs – and as cannabis is legal in some form in the majority of states. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026 New York has prosecuted abusive lenders, and lawmakers there are weighing a law to reclassify some cash advances as loans. Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026 Last but not least, these major players in the auto industry urge the federal government not to reclassify more vehicles as cars rather than light trucks. Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 5 Feb. 2026 By Monday evening, investigators said evidence inside the home prompted them to reclassify the case from a missing-person search to a potential crime, adding that the search for Nancy Guthrie should stretch across the nation. Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reclassify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclassify
Verb
  • That gives the Illini four days to regroup and get in the proper mindset for the one-and-done possibilities that are ahead in both the conference and NCAA tournaments.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The temporary stay gave them time to regroup and make arrangements for the rest of their extended trip.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Last summer, Tyson wrote a letter to Trump urging him to federally recategorize cannabis as a less harmful substance.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • When numerous low-altitude targets appear, radar systems detect them amid the clutter – unwanted echoes from terrain, sea surfaces, rain or buildings – before identifying and continuously tracking them, reported SCMP.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
  • An aunt who lived across the street from the Sontags, in the Valley, had identified Susan as a suitably bright friend for him.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • It is officially recognized as sovereign by only 11 other nations, but is treated as de facto independent by Western powers such as the United States.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That’s a fact recognized by administration officials themselves and the nonprofit corporation responsible for operating the bulk electricity grid, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO).
    Liz Krueger, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Sacks declined to comment, referring questions to specifications of the order from DSS and the Department of Public Health.
    Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Asked about the policy change, Funk declined to comment and referred a Star reporter to Dunning.
    Nathan Pilling March 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The amount beneficiaries receive varies based on several factors, including the number of people filing.
    Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The association filed several lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the fee, including one that remains pending that argues there should be no cost for renouncing one’s citizenship.
    Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The case was classified as an animal bite but the animal has yet to be recovered, according to Oldoerp.
    Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The World Health Organization now classifies burnout as an occupational phenomenon, and research shows that the average person’s attention span has dropped nearly 50% in the last two decades.
    Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Dimorphos, also a rubble pile, likely formed from debris that clumped together after being shed by Didymos.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
  • First, a few grains of dust clump together in the disk of material around a newborn star, and their combined gravity is enough to start attracting even more dust.
    Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026

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“Reclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclassify. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.

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