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to arrange or assign according to type
categorized the questions by topic
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Recent Examples of categorizes
Closer To Truth, and creator/curator of the Landscape of Consciousness website, which catalogues and categorizes theories of consciousness.
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Conor Feehly, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
Naylor categorizes about 30% of shark species as endangered, largely due to overfishing.
—Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
That ranking becomes tricky because the USCIS data categorizes approval statistics by the employer’s location, not an employee’s, according to the agency.
—William Tong, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Utah is facing the worst drought conditions among western states, with more than 94% of the state experiencing what the USDM categorizes as a Moderate Drought and more than 40% of the state experiencing Severe Drought.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
Managers are asked to describe their leadership style in just three words, similar to how Netflix categorizes shows.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The Secretary of State’s Office categorizes spending on lobbying by industry.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 22 Dec. 2025
Crystal Robbins, a program manager with San Diego Fire-Rescue who works with high users of emergency services, said the system sometimes struggles to handle cases like Ed’s where there is a relentless impact on family members, but for infractions that the penal code categorizes as minor.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
More Than Friends Within its vast network of relationships around the globe, the United States categorizes most of its friends as either allies or partners.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025
Conor Feehly, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
Naylor categorizes about 30% of shark species as endangered, largely due to overfishing.
—Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
That ranking becomes tricky because the USCIS data categorizes approval statistics by the employer’s location, not an employee’s, according to the agency.
—William Tong, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Utah is facing the worst drought conditions among western states, with more than 94% of the state experiencing what the USDM categorizes as a Moderate Drought and more than 40% of the state experiencing Severe Drought.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
Managers are asked to describe their leadership style in just three words, similar to how Netflix categorizes shows.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The Secretary of State’s Office categorizes spending on lobbying by industry.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 22 Dec. 2025
Crystal Robbins, a program manager with San Diego Fire-Rescue who works with high users of emergency services, said the system sometimes struggles to handle cases like Ed’s where there is a relentless impact on family members, but for infractions that the penal code categorizes as minor.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
More Than Friends Within its vast network of relationships around the globe, the United States categorizes most of its friends as either allies or partners.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorizes
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Though the city's online neighborhood map technically classifies the site as part of downtown, Long's identifies as a Haughville institution that has served doughnuts to west siders for four generations, serving up to 1,000 customers each day out of its pale-yellow sided building.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
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SmartAsset used the Pew Research definition of middle class for its report, which classifies middle class as an income between two-thirds and double a region’s median income.—
Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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But at zero cost and minimal risk for most people, dark showering ranks among the more credible free wellness trends to emerge from social media this cycle.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2026
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McKinsey’s Miami outpost now ranks as one of its fastest-growing offices in North America—its Miami headcount has grown fourfold to several hundred in the past four years—and Spanish Banco Santander is raising a 41-story tower in the city’s Brickell neighborhood.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Nothing much right now distinguishes us from the third world.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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But what distinguishes Hers hair growth from other treatments?—
Rebecca Strong,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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The move relegates longtime Renegades starter Luis Perez to the bench.—
José Sánchez Córdova,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Robby relegates Langdon to triage for now — there’s less of a chance the two will run into each other that way.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Learn how to try the trend and which anchor types the bar tool supports.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Jan. 2026
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Today, a Luddite is your grandparent who keeps looking at the screen rather than the camera when on Zoom, the Boomer who types in all-capital letters, the grouchy man who refuses to get a smart phone, the professor spewing invective against Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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