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category

[kat-i-gawr-ee, -gohr-ee] / ˈkæt ɪˌgɔr i, -ˌgoʊr i /


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Vanguard Wellington declined 14.3% that year, slightly worse than the category average of minus 13.6%, according to Morningstar.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Thirty-eight of the 59 companies in this category saw a decrease in mean earnings per shares estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Think of it the way you might think of eggs: not as a single category, but as a spectrum of doneness, of mood, of purpose.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

NHS England data shows the annual and monthly mean response times for category one call-outs are routinely above its own target.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

It was the one category of tea I could never learn to love.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram