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 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 Kennedy is pushing the FDA to reclassify 12 of the 19 restricted peptides, which would allow US companies—like Enhanced—to compound and sell them through legitimate domestic channels. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reclassify

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Crustacean will close as planned on July 29 to regroup for its final months of service.

— Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Ukraine has little choice but to find out, and the time spent learning that lesson has provided Kyiv a useful pause to regroup, and a powerful technological upgrade that Moscow still has to match.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 22 July 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

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The spiritual leader and Nobel peace laureate has said his office will have the sole authority to identify his reincarnation, who will be found outside China.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
This is how recovery becomes a business when a brand defines itself beyond what its products do to identify how the customer needs it most; when that need becomes unmistakably visible; and what the total experience will ultimately mean.

— Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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Travel + Leisure’s 2026 World’s Best Awards recognized several standout properties, with Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Mexico, earning the top spot among international wellness retreats for more than a decade.

— Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026
The family’s case was rejected — despite being first and second generation, and despite Pedro Monasterios and his children having been recognized as citizens just a few years earlier.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of recognize

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Investigators presented the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office earlier Tuesday for filing consideration.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
All four of her grandparents were born and raised in Italy; in 2018, the then 62-year-old former magazine editor moved to Perugia, in the central Umbria region, on a temporary visa at the same time as filing a lawsuit for citizenship.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

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So far, only one track that can be classified as K-pop has climbed all the way to the peak position of the Radio Songs chart.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Approximately 35% of the state, including coastal regions, remains free of drought or abnormal dryness, and no areas of California are currently classified as being in extreme or exceptional drought.

— Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

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