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classification

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


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It is a private nonprofit organization, not a government agency, and its decisions about classification and methodology are subject to debate.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

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

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

Although this had nothing to do with the classification system, I was vain enough to answer and think that I might convert them to my beliefs.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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