classifies
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That is because Dakhla is in Western Sahara, an area which the United Nations classifies as a "non-self-governing territory".
From BBC • May 24, 2026
This method classifies weight status based on age and body fat percentage, providing a more direct assessment of adiposity.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
For some owners, the reckoning comes gradually—an animal that no longer fits through a dog door, a fence that needs reinforcing, a zoning notice from a town that classifies pigs as livestock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Ukraine classifies its ports as strategically important infrastructure, limiting access to them.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
He learns the endless terms, the vocabulary that classifies the details of ancient buildings, writing them on separate index cards and making illustrations on the back: architrave, entablature, tympanum, voussoir.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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