How to Use category in a Sentence
category
noun- The cars belong to the same category.
- She competed for the award in her age category.
- Taxpayers fall into one of several categories.
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His team finished with only 10 turnovers, its best showing in that category in almost a month.
— Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2023 -
Because while inflation has become an unwelcome reality across every category of goods, few commodities have risen as fast as eggs.
— Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 2 Feb. 2023 -
The supporting actress category has long been a welcoming home for musical performances.
— Clayton Davis, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024 -
However, over the past two seasons, he’s hauled in six receiving touchdowns and capped his career with personal bests in every major receiving category.
— Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2023 -
Williams' 10-rebound performance was just his second time with double digits in that category since Dec. 21.
— Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2023 -
The good news in this category is the price of eggs fell 2.7% for the month.
— Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2021 -
Click on a category in the legend to hide it on the chart.
— Naomi Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022 -
From there the 100 cities were ranked overall, and then across the four categories.
— Sarah Gray, Fortune, 12 July 2018 -
The record of the year win was Mars’ second in that category.
— Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 July 2021 -
But the three-movie quest to destroy the One Ring is in a category all its own.
— Megan McCluskey, Time, 22 Dec. 2020 -
Some of the pages in that category had thousands of likes.
— Washington Post, 21 May 2020 -
Biden, who is 78 years old, is in a high-risk category for the virus due to his age.
— Katherine Doyle, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2020 -
The trend applies even in categories where sales are still brisk.
— Time, 27 Aug. 2023 -
The broadest categories for all life on Earth are the domains.
— Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 12 May 2023 -
The change in category for some schools came as cases surged around the state.
— From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2020 -
Swift may also become the first artist to win the video of the year category five times.
— Bryan West, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024 -
This falls in to the category of saying the quiet parts out loud.
— Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 1 May 2018 -
Browse by age, category, time and more to find the perfect fit.
— Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2021 -
The left-hand side of the chart below shows a falloff in every loan category in Q4/22.
— Robert Barone, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023 -
Think of the last category - for savings and paying down debt - as a set of goals.
— Rich Exner, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2020 -
That’s a cost increase for both categories of more than 50%.
— Steve Garmhausen, wsj.com, 3 Oct. 2023 -
Acuña got the most fan votes for the All-Star Game and sold the most jerseys this season; Ohtani ranked second in both categories.
— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023 -
And last but not least, in a category all its own is challah.
— Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022 -
That is due in part to weak demand in key categories like smartphones.
— Charley Grant, WSJ, 20 July 2023 -
This fan choice award — a 10-artist category voted on by the fans — marks her 10th Juno win.
— Karen Bliss, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023 -
But some of these could move out of that category as soon as Tuesday.
— Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2021 -
The Prince of Wales met this year's award finalists and gave a brief speech on stage before presenting awards to six category winners.
— Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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