classify

Example Sentences

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The bigger concern, however, is not how the IRS would classify the payment, but whether the two of you later disagree about what the money was intended to cover.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

I was an early adopter of “bop” back when we were still using the word to classify the singular bounciness of Carly Rae Jepsen songs in 2015.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

The initiative, funded by Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other businesses, allowed gig companies to classify their workers as contractors rather than employees.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion recognizes that the Constitution “almost never permits a State to discriminate on the basis of race” and reaffirms that “strict scrutiny” applies whenever governments intentionally classify citizens by race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Asked to describe and classify mammals, he scribbled down an incomplete and absurd system of taxonomy—omitting categories, inventing others, lumping kangaroos with beavers, and pigs with elephants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee