classify

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They added: "Within these categories, we also track our investment in specific artforms such as opera, circus and comedy. At present, we have no plans to change how we classify our investment."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The vice president pretended to pivot from “a longer discussion” of the subject, but then he immediately started pontificating about the culture’s “desire” to classify “celestial beings who fly around “as aliens.”

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Moor Mother’s discography, much like her professional life, is difficult to classify.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The two accidents, the company said, unfortunately illustrate that all driving, whether by humans alone or with technology, requires adequate time to perceive, classify, confirm and react to events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The analytical part of Emma’s brain wanted her to just keep staring at the Gustanos, to study and classify their every feature and move: Oh, that’s so much like us Greystones, or Hmm.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix