categorizing

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Apps are great for tracking spending and automatically categorizing — making it easy to see that you spent this much more on food than clothes, or what you’re putting toward subscriptions.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

I often wonder: Does their categorizing need extend to the subatomic realm?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

That's the lower limit of categorizing objects on the Torino Scale.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2025

Of course, scientists in the 19th century dedicated to describing and categorizing whales didn’t have access to this cutting-edge technology.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Stopping before the narrow garage, he sniffed the fumes from Paradise with great sensory pleasure, the protruding hairs in his nostrils analyzing, cataloguing, categorizing, and classifying the distinct odors of hot dog, mustard, and lubricant.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole