reclassify

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for reclassify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclassify
Verb
  • Hamas and its allies have utilized their tunnel network to continually regroup despite much of its leadership being killed.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Kansas now will attempt to regroup during its first bye week.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • The suspect in the shooting, identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was arrested on Friday night after his father recognized him from surveillance images and video released by investigators, authorities said.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the information inadvertently made public in this way included names and email addresses, meaning the participants of the chat could be identified.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The rescheduling of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the CSA would recognize the medical use of the substance, reducing federal restrictions on research and medical applications.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But the father recognized the man.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On impact, the particles clump together, blocking the flow of liquids and ions.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Studies have shown that both erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to more easily clump — creating clots that can break off and travel to the heart, triggering a heart attack, or to the brain, damaging blood vessels or triggering a stroke.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Newsom’s press office referred questions about the cost of the election to the Department of Finance.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • When asked for further details about the agreement, representatives for Microsoft and OpenAI referred Fortune to the companies’ joint statement.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray is set to hold a news conference to announce the charges against Robinson after they are filed in the late morning and will be made available to the public immediately after that, according to Utah County officials.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • According to a Manhattan Supreme Court foreclosure suit filed in December that names both Bill and Camille, the pair stopped making payments on the loans in June 2024 in addition to failing to pay over $300,000 in property taxes.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Forbes classifies Ellison–who bought nearly all of the Hawaiian island Lanai for $300 million in 2012–as a California resident based on his voter registration.
    Ella Malmgren, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Arguing that relocation can stem the loss of biodiversity, the government has classified some islands used by Nicobarese tribals as wildlife sanctuaries.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Reclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclassify. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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