categorical

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth employed even more categorical language.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Trying to look manly and tough when your entire regime, from the top on down, consists of shifty characters with a wide range of obvious personality disorders might seem like a categorical error.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

The reported comments are more categorical than previous remarks he has made about Rayner, who was also deputy Labour leader and housing secretary.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

"The difference between humans and chimpanzees isn't a categorical leap. It's more like a continuum," Sanford said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025

The doctor, a great Jewish doctor, a prisoner like ourselves, was categorical: “We have to operate! If we wait, the toes and perhaps the leg will have to be amputated.”

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel