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classification

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


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Identification sits on top of detection: AI classification systems that distinguish a commercial delivery drone from a weaponized one in real time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Prediction markets, such as Polymarket and Kalshi, are under debate regarding their classification as investing or gambling.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Using a new classification approach, a study determined that artifacts from more than 12,000 years ago were actually dice used by North American hunter-gatherers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Critics have also voiced concern about the classification of African enslavement as "the gravest crime against humanity".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Looking back now, to Rahel it seemed as though this difficulty that their family had with classification ran much deeper than the jam-jelly question.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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