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classify

[klas-uh-fahy] / ˈklæs əˌfaɪ /


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Despite largely controlling the tasks and pay, the platforms typically classify the workers as independent contractors rather than employees.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

It was a big enough job for the two scholars to classify all the known musical instruments of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

For much of Wales and Northern England, the three-day run of temperatures of 25C or above required to classify as a heatwave will not be met.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

All of them must have pedals to classify as an e-bike.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The only cases that were impossible to classify were those of José Arcadio Segundo and Aureliano Segundo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

Food and Drug Administration classifies zinc oxide as safe and effective.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

That’s far from the 20% drop that classifies a bear market, Mayfield pointed out.

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 2026

The U.S. imports about $3 trillion of manufactured goods each year, and McKinsey classifies about a quarter, or about $750 billion, of those as the country’s “Achilles’ heel.”

From Barron's May 26, 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

This is one benefit of doing classified work.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The school’s population includes about 30 students classified as homeless.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The animal has recently been taken off the international endangered species list and is now classified as near-threatened.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The meteorite was classified as a CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite, placing it between the petrographic CM1 and CM2 categories.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Halliday’s boyhood home on Middletown couldn’t really be classified as “neglected,” but maybe he was talking about a different house in his hometown?

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

"It is therefore highly probable that we will end up classifying it as a megafire."

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Later in the fall, OpenAI changed the designation of GPT-5, classifying it as less dangerous.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 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

In the second half of the 19th Century, photography became one of the British Empire's most persuasive instruments for knowing - and classifying - India.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

For Geisbert, identifying hot strains and classifying the tribes of viruses was like sorting butterflies or collecting flowers.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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