subcategorizing

verb

Definition of subcategorizingnext
present participle of subcategorize
as in grouping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcategorizing
  1. classifying
  2. distributing
  3. organizing
  4. filing
  5. ranging
  6. sorting
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  • The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Wednesday against the popular Netflix dating show, classifying its stars as employees and accusing the program of several labor violations.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Those deaths aren't counted in our statistics, and that's primarily because of the difficulty in classifying those deaths in a disaster.
    Melody Schreiber, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of classifying
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  • Despite logistical and security challenges, UNICEF and partners are distributing warm winter clothes and other essential supplies, along with humanitarian cash transfers to help families in Gaza afford food and other necessities.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Pulsating heat pipes work by distributing heat through the vibration and circulation of coolant, maintaining efficiency with minimal gravity impact, even in fast-moving vehicles.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of distributing
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  • In May, law enforcement in Brussels arrested two boys, 14 and 15, in connection with organizing a shooting near an Israeli Embassy.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Wave of union efforts following COVID-19 Both Amazon and Starbucks saw a wave of organizing efforts following the COVID-19 pandemic.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of organizing
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  • If taxpayers closed their bank account since filing their 2023 tax return, the bank will return the payment to the IRS and the refund will be reissued to the address of record.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
  • That's the deadline for filing your federal income tax return—or applying for an automatic extension—to be considered timely.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of filing
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  • Five numbers will be white balls ranging from numbers 1 to 69.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The complaint against the Public Service Commission was filed on behalf of six young Floridians, ranging in age from 18 to 25.
    Amy Green, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of ranging
Verb
  • The Netflix movie, directed by Tyler Perry, tells the story of Adams Earley and her battalion's grit and resourcefulness during the mail sorting assignment.
    Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Rather, the regular exercise of sorting the olfactory world with abstract labels seems to change how the Jahai understand all smells, familiar and otherwise.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of sorting
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