reclassify
verb
re·clas·si·fy
(ˌ)rē-ˈkla-sə-ˌfī 
reclassified; reclassifying; reclassifies
: to move from one class, classification, or category to another : to classify again
… in the 1980s, amphetamines were reclassified as controlled substances, which restricted their availability.—
Stephen Rae
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However, the Trojans managed to land reclassified 2025 defensive lineman Jahkeem Stewart and flipped four-star cornerback Alex Graham from Colorado.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
At the Portland Museum of Art in Maine, the Local 2110 union tried—unsuccessfully—to include visitor services staff who had been internally reclassified as hybrid security and visitor services workers.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline Roles include the tragic May Boatwright in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Secret Life of Bees (2008) and Sandra Laing in the aforementioned Skin, the true story of a family’s fight to reclassify their daughter Sandra’s race in apartheid South Africa.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
Between the lines: FERC staff could be also targeted if Trump renews his push to reclassify federal employees as Schedule F, which eliminates some civil servant job protections.
—Daniel Moore, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
At the Portland Museum of Art in Maine, the Local 2110 union tried—unsuccessfully—to include visitor services staff who had been internally reclassified as hybrid security and visitor services workers.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline Roles include the tragic May Boatwright in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Secret Life of Bees (2008) and Sandra Laing in the aforementioned Skin, the true story of a family’s fight to reclassify their daughter Sandra’s race in apartheid South Africa.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
Between the lines: FERC staff could be also targeted if Trump renews his push to reclassify federal employees as Schedule F, which eliminates some civil servant job protections.
—Daniel Moore, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Reclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reclassify. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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