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classification

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


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But detainees at several facilities reported waiting days or weeks before receiving their classification, housing assignment and medical screening, the report says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

To better understand what is driving these changes, the team used a novel classification method that combines types of anticyclonic and cyclonic air mass circulation with a regional climate model.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

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

The scheme will cost £600m and businesses will be able to find out whether they are eligible using their Standard Industrial classification code on the government business department website.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 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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