reclassify

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Recent Examples of reclassify Mark Bowman, Mater Dei, WR/TE, Sr. The tight end reclassified to join the Class of 2026, and certainly appears ready. Dan Albano, Oc Register, 30 July 2025 This spring, the district board approved reclassifying her as a teacher, according to board documents. Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025 Under the proposal, the company wouldn’t be able to circumvent the requirement by consolidating operations across stations, outsourcing work or reclassifying employees in a manner that reduces their hours or benefits. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025 Aaron Smith of the National Cannabis Industry Association sent a letter to Cole following his Senate confirmation, calling on the new DEA administrator to approve the pending proposal to reclassify cannabis under federal drug laws. A.j. Herrington, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for reclassify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclassify
Verb
  • The central patio offers a quiet place to regroup after a day in the souks, while the rooftop terrace gives you a front-row seat to the medina skyline—best enjoyed at sunset, mint tea (or something stronger) in hand.
    Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Following a mound visit Falter appeared to regroup and forced a pair of pop-outs.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 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
  • The only clue that authorities had to identify the deceased was a keychain that included shopper rewards cards from Winn-Dixie and CVS.
    Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The extent of his wounds was unknown, and officers were working to identify a suspect.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Frontier Fiber Frontier is recognized for its budget-friendly fiber internet plans in Los Angeles.
    Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The city is nationally recognized as a gastronomic hub, and is a central urban base for Indigenous and traditional peoples’ movements.
    Davi Neustein, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Full sun Soil Type: Average, well-draining Soil pH: 6 to 7.5 Also known as hummingbird mint, this upright, clumping perennial has pretty spikes of flowers in shades of red, pink, coral, yellow, white, purple or hot pink from summer to early fall.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
  • This combination might slow digestion, and the dry chia may clump together in your stomach, causing a heavy or bloated feeling.
    Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Satoshi, of course, refers the mysterious person or people who created bitcoin.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Trump previously called for Schiff and James to be prosecuted on mortgage fraud claims before Pulte referred possible criminal charges to Bondi in May and April, respectively.
    Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • His administration filed a judicial misconduct complaint against a judge who ruled that Trump officials likely committed criminal contempt by ignoring his directive to turn around planes carrying people being sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
    Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Earlier this year, the IRS mailed checks to those who missed the RRC in 2021 (returns filed in 2022, for stimulus checks related to COVID).
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Gu classifies premium as cars over 40,000 Euros ($47,000).
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • For a region to be classified as in famine at least 20% of people must be suffering extreme food shortages, with one in three children acutely malnourished and two people out of every 10,000 dying daily from starvation or malnutrition and disease.
    Michelle Nichols, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025

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“Reclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclassify. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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