SYSTEMATIZING Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

systematizing

verb

present participle of systematize

as in classifying

to put into a particular arrangement Carl Linnaeus was the first to systematize the plant and animal kingdoms by creating a uniform system for naming genera and species of organisms

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Rather than classifying didymo as an invasive species, Taylor refers to the algae as a native species that has an invasive-like growth form.

— Hannah Smith July 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
The goal now is to get the children into foster care and eventually adopted, said officials, who are classifying the eldest as a minor despite being 18 because of her limitations.

— Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

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The director of the 2028 iteration of the Aichi Triennale, one of the largest international art festivals in Japan, will be Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, the event’s organizing committee announced on Friday.

— News Desk, Artforum, 24 July 2026
In April, Ukraine imposed sanctions on five Russian cultural figures involved in organizing the country’s contribution.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026

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In an Instagram Story shared on her official page, the Duchess of Sussex could be seen slicing strawberries into heart shapes and arranging them on a red swirl bagel with a pink spread.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Hamilton devoted herself to making sense of the stories, arranging them in some kind of order and sequence, ironing out contradictions.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

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Tarter offered the example of a restaurant using ordering patterns to predict how long a table will remain occupied.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Fast-food chains have spent the past several years racing to automate everything from drive-through ordering to burger flipping using AI.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 30 July 2026

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