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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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Solar flares are ranked and categorized by their power on a 4-level classification scale, with M-class the second strongest to the beastly X-class at the top.
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Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
There’s this thing called the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB), which is the system developed to categorize public companies into specific industries and sectors.
—Bob Pisani, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
The Brennan Center also said most crime data is hard to interpret, due to an inconsistency with police crime data as more serious cases may be categorized under other offenses.
—Mike Snider, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
It is categorized as a boost-glide system, which is propelled by a missile to the edge of space and uses aerodynamic lift to extend its range and maneuvers itself toward the target.
—Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
There’s this thing called the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB), which is the system developed to categorize public companies into specific industries and sectors.
—Bob Pisani, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
The Brennan Center also said most crime data is hard to interpret, due to an inconsistency with police crime data as more serious cases may be categorized under other offenses.
—Mike Snider, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
It is categorized as a boost-glide system, which is propelled by a missile to the edge of space and uses aerodynamic lift to extend its range and maneuvers itself toward the target.
—Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Categorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categorize. Accessed 5 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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