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[klas-uh-fahy] / ˈklæs əˌfaɪ /


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Meanwhile the US State Department continues to classify travel to China as a Level 2 advisory urging travellers to "exercise increased caution" because of the risk of arbitrary law enforcement, exit bans and detention.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The invitation comes two days after a federal appeals court upheld the Pentagon's decision to classify Anthropic as a supply chain risk, which prohibits the United States military from using its models.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

“What we have seen in the data is what we classify as a scientific breakthrough,” AstraZeneca’s biopharmaceuticals unit president, Ruud Dobber, said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Over the past 50 years, advances in the understanding of evolution have significantly changed the way scientists organize and classify life.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Always classify the interval as it is written.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

On its website, it advertises an antidrone package that detects and classifies incoming drones through artificial intelligence and engages them if hooked up to the right air-defense system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

In Goleta, municipal code classifies licensed gun stores as “general retail,” the same designation given to shops selling sporting goods, clothing, furniture and a wide variety of other items.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Asked why, he said that while there was no universally accepted definition of a megafire, a commonly used US benchmark classifies a wildfire as such when it burns more than 10,000 hectares.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

But, he says, it has successfully shown a ban "can be done" though classifies it as "a bit of an experiment".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

In Plato’s allegory of the metals, the philosopher classifies men into groups of gold, silver, and lead.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Researchers are also exploring combination therapies that target several immune cell populations at once, while continuing to investigate unresolved questions about how macrophages should be classified.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

At least half of the species landed by the assessed fishmeal vessels are classified by scientific studies as “overexploited” or worse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Under Malaysian guidelines, API readings above 100 are classified as unhealthy, above 200 as very unhealthy, above 300 as hazardous, while readings beyond 500 constitute the threshold for declaring a local emergency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

At Llyn Padarn, Gwynedd, despite the lake's designated bathing water being classified as "excellent" for water quality, discharges lasted 1,614 hours.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Only if the archaeological context—the dirt and rock around the find—was established as ancient could the bone be classified as ancient too.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The CDC has not yet included the Pennsylvania deaths in its national tally while it reviews the records and develops standardized criteria for classifying measles deaths.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Researchers were able to distinguish conditions including viral hepatitis and metabolic-associated liver disease, correctly classifying about 85% of patients.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

She interviewed 20- and 30-somethings about their financial woes, classifying them as the nouveau pauvre, or, as a well-known economist put it, “well-dressed paupers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The region, made up of mountains surrounded by a desert steppe, receives just over 100 millimeters of annual rainfall, classifying it as an desert.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Stopping before the narrow garage, he sniffed the fumes from Paradise with great sensory pleasure, the protruding hairs in his nostrils analyzing, cataloguing, categorizing, and classifying the distinct odors of hot dog, mustard, and lubricant.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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