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classification

[klas-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌklæs ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Spanish rider Enric Mas of Team Movistar maintained his 2min 6sec general classification lead on Felix Gall, with Primoz Roglic a further four seconds behind.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

How much room a country occupies in the index changes over time, depending on the strength of its economy and companies, said Raman Aylur Subramanian, head of market classification taxonomies at MSCI.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

The classification was based on clues in foot anatomy as well as the way the individuals appear to have moved.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey’s music has always felt somewhat beyond classification, even to her.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Although there is a large literature on the classification and natural history of spiders, it is scattered and fragmentary and deals not at all with their value as an agent of biological control.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The result highlights why extensive observations across multiple radio frequencies are important, since classifications based on a more limited set of radio measurements can produce misleading results.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

When asked about the classifications of countries as frontier, emerging or developed, Schwartz said he didn’t like two features of the classifications.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

In California, e-bikes and e-motorcycles are divided into different classifications, which limits who can ride them and how.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

While others were perfecting their sourdough loaves or getting into bird-watching during the pandemic, Facundo Monteiro Kempf, a 35-year-old who works in cybersecurity for Microsoft, was memorizing Burgundian vineyard classifications.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The classifications generally ran parallel to the length of one’s sentence.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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