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"Past studies have shown that using machine learning to classify and understand structural data is effective," explains corresponding author Kang Kim.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
But experts cautioned against reading too much into year-over-year numbers that can fluctuate based on many factors — including how authorities classify and count certain offenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Arbitrators allowed Bodner to classify his leaving JPMorgan as voluntary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Speaking on state television, she said the group would determine who could return home using a colour-coded traffic light system to classify safety.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Always classify the interval as it is written.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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The European Chemicals Agency classifies the chemical as harmful to aquatic life.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
The international group classifies the cat as having a "near threatened" conservation status.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently classifies the U.S. influenza season, which usually runs from October to May, as “moderate severity.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 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
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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FBI agents executed a search warrant at the Virginia home of Washington Post reporter, Hannah Natanson, earlier this year as part of an investigation into alleged mishandling of classified information by a government contractor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
That tension has defined some of the most significant First Amendment battles in American history, including disputes over classified documents, confidential sources and government efforts to identify journalists’ sources.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
A warning about fragile buildings came recently: in Caracas, part of a school in the historic center -- also classified as red -- collapsed on July 3, causing no injuries because it was empty.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Education Department initially classified only 11 fields as professional, leaving out areas including nursing, physical therapy and education.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
The majority of Langley’s female professionals had spent their time at the laboratory classified as computers.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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"What we think is important to highlight is that without waveform models like ours, we could be detecting black hole mergers in dark matter environments, but systematically classifying them as having occurred in vacuum."
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
In Kentucky, lawmakers recently passed a bill classifying TV-viewing patterns as “sensitive data” deserving of broader legal protections and transparency measures.
From Slate ● May 3, 2026
"We are also continuing to work with providers who are in the process of correctly classifying courses," a spokesperson added.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Many veterinary clinics won’t treat them, classifying pigs as livestock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
She was tasked with sorting and classifying them, with her unit’s help.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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