How to Use classification in a Sentence

classification

noun
  • Instead, the name is just a classification for planets that are more massive than Earth, but not nearly as massive as our system’s ice giants.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 May 2022
  • Police officers looking to switch jobs might end up getting a better deal in Highland via a classification change that eliminates the absolute bottom salary tier for new hires.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2022
  • This is the first year that the state has all four classifications for girls and boys lacrosse.
    Randy McRoberts, The Aegis, 17 May 2018
  • Both teams have been fighting to the top of the classification for decades.
    oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2022
  • But classification isn’t about the quality of the team, it’s about the size of the student body.
    Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • But that classification is based on the current height of the dam at greater than 60 feet.
    Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 7 June 2022
  • The higher the classification of the wine is, the greater the aging potential.
    Rachel King, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Crook County’s girls are the top in the classification with 359 strokes.
    Nikstreng, oregonlive, 16 May 2023
  • The last few years, Salem has worked with the group to push for the classification of Arab Americans in the Census.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
  • All-State teams, and 17 of those were named to their classification’s first teams.
    Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The four modes are not a strict system of classification, but more of a heuristic tool.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Wired, 23 July 2021
  • Below is the list of player and coach-of-the-year winners in each classification.
    J.c. Carnahan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 June 2018
  • The two men left in the shallow grave with the remains of their peers fell into the latter classification.
    Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 20 June 2018
  • Unlike the big-league phase of the draft, players do not have to be assigned to one classification.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Perhaps part of the reason is the lack of a formal behind-the-counter classification of drugs.
    Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The classification was based on a 2011 review of studies by the IARC.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The girls state tournaments will run at the same location as the boys in the same classification.
    oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The process is meant to take about 30 seconds and the user will receive a heart rhythm classification.
    Angela Chen, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2018
  • And there is an argument that the classification system is what fills in the – and provides gloss to what that means.
    NBC News, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Let the Trump and government lawyers fight over the classification rules.
    Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
  • This was the second year of the normal two-year classification cycle for all sports.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2021
  • This season marks the first that soccer has been a two-classification sport.
    Matt Nevala, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2018
  • That marks the highest position of any area team in the classification polls.
    Varsity Staff, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Over the next 90 minutes, the movie will prove tougher and wiser than those cues, and that classification, would suggest.
    Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Uber has said the price of rides would go up, and that the shift in employment classification could reduce its fleet of drivers.
    Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The words were shown in black or white font on a computer screen with a program measuring the speed of the classification.
    Aradhna Krishna, The Conversation, 6 July 2020
  • CBS News does not know the level of classification for the six new items that were retrieved Friday.
    CBS News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Their non-potable classification is why bitters may be sold in stores that don't sell hard liquor.
    chicagotribune.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • This resulted in the classification of these operations as discontinued.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2024
  • This allowed the Patriots to drop to Class 3A, generally regarded as the toughest classification in Maryland volleyball.
    Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2024

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