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categorize

[kat-i-guh-rahyz] / ˈkæt ɪ gəˌraɪz /


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Drucker explores the different roles inside every business, which I would categorize as builders, sellers and measurers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

There’s been little new science on the 19 peptides since the FDA’s 2023 decision to categorize them as unsafe.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2026

“To categorize this almost like a self-driving car is inaccurate,” Thorrington said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2026

Apps like Rocket Money can link bank accounts, categorize spending habits and flag unused subscriptions.

From MarketWatch Mar. 31, 2026

There was gray in his hair, though he was not old; three syllables, she thought, trying to categorize him in some way that would perhaps explain his presence.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

Taiwan’s Olympic athletes must compete as “Chinese Taipei” and the World Trade Organization categorizes the semiconductor powerhouse as a “separate customs territory.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

Wall Street categorizes metals as precious, base/industrial, and maybe “other” for the weird ones.

From Barron's Dec. 26, 2025

The International Union for Conservation of Nature red list categorizes lions as vulnerable to extinction.

From Science Daily Nov. 22, 2025

She already has some ideas, which she categorizes as “baddie florals.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

Sister Miriam Joseph* categorizes the relation of the trivial arts as follows: logic is concerned with the thing-as-it-is-known; grammar is concerned with the thing-as-it-is-symbolized; rhetoric is concerned with the thing-as-it-is-communicated.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

About 30% of the remaining spending growth was categorized as new, either by newly created programs or the expansion of existing services.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

Kashkari categorized the labor market as decent, but mostly moving sideways.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

These interpretations may sometimes be relevant, but when they appear reflexively, patients stop feeling understood and start feeling categorized and analyzed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

A spokesperson for Booking.com says: "If a particular region can be categorized as disputed or impacted by conflict, we add information to our platform to help ensure that travellers can make a well-informed choice."

From BBC May 24, 2026

Sculpture is categorized according to whether it is carved or modeled and whether it is a relief or a free-standing statue.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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

Agencies must submit “contingency plans” categorizing which employees are essential on a standardized worksheet.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

Betts was kept out of the lineup on Tuesday, Roberts categorizing the day off as “more of a mental day.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2025

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

From Salon Mar. 3, 2025

“I’m categorizing them according to attraction type,” said Marjory.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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