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
Stephen Raereclassify the product to boost sales
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Quaintance reclassified into the 2024 recruiting class to attend college a year early.
—Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The defensive end reclassified and enrolled last summer right as preseason practice was underway.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
In 2021, when the National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Nephrology recommended removing race from these calculations, more than a million Black Americans were immediately reclassified into more severe stages of kidney disease.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The series Aduba got her break on, Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, also was hourlong and competed as a comedy series until the TV Academy reclassified it as a drama, giving Aduba the rare distinction of winning Emmys for the same role in both comedy and drama categories.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
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Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The defensive end reclassified and enrolled last summer right as preseason practice was underway.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
In 2021, when the National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Nephrology recommended removing race from these calculations, more than a million Black Americans were immediately reclassified into more severe stages of kidney disease.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The series Aduba got her break on, Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, also was hourlong and competed as a comedy series until the TV Academy reclassified it as a drama, giving Aduba the rare distinction of winning Emmys for the same role in both comedy and drama categories.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Reclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reclassify. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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