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This software lets you categorize your photographs in many different ways.
Their opinions can be categorized as conservative.
Birds are categorized by type in this field guide.
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To categorize these words as solely Gen Z or Gen Alpha slang misrepresents their history, and over-simplifies the way in which language evolves and grows.
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Kara Nesvig, Parents, 15 Jan. 2025
Buildings with more than 50% destruction are categorized as destroyed.
—Yoonserk Pyun, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Willis said the song was meant for everyone and should not be narrowly categorized.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Take data and categorize it by time, such as how data and the underlying patterns of the data change because of time.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Kara Nesvig, Parents, 15 Jan. 2025
Buildings with more than 50% destruction are categorized as destroyed.
—Yoonserk Pyun, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Willis said the song was meant for everyone and should not be narrowly categorized.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Take data and categorize it by time, such as how data and the underlying patterns of the data change because of time.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categorize. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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categorize
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cat·e·go·rize
ˈkat-i-gə-ˌrīz 
categorized; categorizing
: to put into a category : classify
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