1
as in to rank
to arrange or assign according to type
classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity
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2
as in to organize
to put into a particular arrangement
classify the information you got from the Internet by source
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Recent Examples of classify
Because Egnyte recognizes that business data lives in multiple places, the company tries to cover as much ground as possible to aid you in classifying and securing data.
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Daniel Brame, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
Last December, the NLRB filed its own complaint against the Love Is Blind producers, and classified the show’s contestants as employees.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
The case against the Bills claimed that the Buffalo Jills were wrongly classified as independent contractors and were subjected to policies that violated the state minimum wage laws and other workplace rules, per ESPN.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Healthcare providers classify them based on the types of cells involved and whether the muscle tissue has been affected.
—Steffini Stalos, Health, 25 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Brame, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
Last December, the NLRB filed its own complaint against the Love Is Blind producers, and classified the show’s contestants as employees.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
The case against the Bills claimed that the Buffalo Jills were wrongly classified as independent contractors and were subjected to policies that violated the state minimum wage laws and other workplace rules, per ESPN.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Healthcare providers classify them based on the types of cells involved and whether the muscle tissue has been affected.
—Steffini Stalos, Health, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classify
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Last May, Italian player Jannik Sinner—who is currently ranked number one in the world and clinched his second successive Australian Open—went public with his romance with Russian player Anna Kalinskaya.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
26 Jan. 2025
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Kansas came into Saturday ranked No. 328 in 3-point rate, but that certainly wasn’t the case vs. the Cougars.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
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Professional, organized thieves swooping into stores in groups to steal high-demand items to sell on the black market.—
Cailey Locklair,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2025
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Soccer Three top players in Southern Section girls soccer have been ruled ineligible for the rest of the season for taking part in a training camp organized by a pro team.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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Provide practical strategies for reducing discretionary spending, distinguishing needs from wants and finding low-cost alternatives to expensive habits.—
Tor Constantino, MBA,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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These personal touches are what distinguishes your space turns the house into a home.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Jan. 2025
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The company arranged for two Fox Sports personnel, Julian Edelman and Charissa Thompson, to do a tease of sorts just before kickoff of Fox’s Sunday telecast of the NFC Championship.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
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Over the weekend, Trump administration officials arranged another ride-along, that time in Chicago, for the daytime TV talk show star Dr. Phil McGraw.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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Trump already signed an executive order proclaiming that all people must be categorized as either men or women, a move that could pave the way to widespread discriminatory practices against transgender and non-binary people.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The galleries are categorized according to three themes — religion, kingship, and society — and divided into historical eras: Predynastic, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, the Late Kingdom, Ptolemaic (Greek) Egypt, and the Roman period.—
Kate McMahon,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2025
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Netflix has ordered a Little House on the Prairie series, 40-plus years after a long-running adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved books aired its last episode on NBC.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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After a federal judge on Tuesday ordered a weeklong pause on the plan, his White House on Wednesday rescinded the original order.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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Will seaweed become a dominant new ingredient, or be permanently relegated to side dish status?—
Heide Brandes,
thehustle.co,
24 Jan. 2025
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In a country where golf is relegated to an afterthought, Vegas worked on his game at a nine-hole course built for oil company workers.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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While all of the development’s dwellings are single-family residences, they are grouped into pods of six, each sharing a courtyard and driveway.—
Caitlin Montoya,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Jan. 2025
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Carlson is sometimes grouped with artists affiliated with Indigenous Futurisms, a term the Anishinaabe scholar Grace Dillon coined in 2003 to denote artists whose work offers a Native perspective on the future.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Classify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classify. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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