How to Use classification in a Sentence

classification

noun
  • Kohnen stressed the importance of classification and regulations to build safe submersibles.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Even with a plan B in place, brands and retailers should still plan for hidden costs throughout the supply chain, even beyond what the uptick in classification and tariffs will cost.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
  • This is the first year that the state has all four classifications for girls and boys lacrosse.
    Randy McRoberts, The Aegis, 17 May 2018
  • Both teams have been fighting to the top of the classification for decades.
    oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2022
  • But classification isn’t about the quality of the team, it’s about the size of the student body.
    Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • But that classification is based on the current height of the dam at greater than 60 feet.
    Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 7 June 2022
  • The higher the classification of the wine is, the greater the aging potential.
    Rachel King, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Crook County’s girls are the top in the classification with 359 strokes.
    Nikstreng, oregonlive, 16 May 2023
  • The last few years, Salem has worked with the group to push for the classification of Arab Americans in the Census.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
  • All-State teams, and 17 of those were named to their classification’s first teams.
    Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The four modes are not a strict system of classification, but more of a heuristic tool.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Wired, 23 July 2021
  • Below is the list of player and coach-of-the-year winners in each classification.
    J.c. Carnahan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 June 2018
  • The two men left in the shallow grave with the remains of their peers fell into the latter classification.
    Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 20 June 2018
  • Unlike the big-league phase of the draft, players do not have to be assigned to one classification.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Perhaps part of the reason is the lack of a formal behind-the-counter classification of drugs.
    Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The classification was based on a 2011 review of studies by the IARC.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The girls state tournaments will run at the same location as the boys in the same classification.
    oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The process is meant to take about 30 seconds and the user will receive a heart rhythm classification.
    Angela Chen, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2018
  • And there is an argument that the classification system is what fills in the – and provides gloss to what that means.
    NBC News, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Let the Trump and government lawyers fight over the classification rules.
    Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
  • This was the second year of the normal two-year classification cycle for all sports.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2021
  • This season marks the first that soccer has been a two-classification sport.
    Matt Nevala, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2018
  • That marks the highest position of any area team in the classification polls.
    Varsity Staff, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Over the next 90 minutes, the movie will prove tougher and wiser than those cues, and that classification, would suggest.
    Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Uber has said the price of rides would go up, and that the shift in employment classification could reduce its fleet of drivers.
    Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The words were shown in black or white font on a computer screen with a program measuring the speed of the classification.
    Aradhna Krishna, The Conversation, 6 July 2020
  • CBS News does not know the level of classification for the six new items that were retrieved Friday.
    CBS News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Their non-potable classification is why bitters may be sold in stores that don't sell hard liquor.
    chicagotribune.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Schools in Orange and Seminole have been grouped in the Metro classification.
    J.c. Carnahan, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
  • McGill-Toolen has won 21 titles, all in the state’s largest classification.
    Dennis Victory, al, 25 Oct. 2022

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