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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
In a recent paper, Kirk evaluated whether Scottish people would classify recorded human and synthetic speech as human or AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Merlin, meanwhile, is using AI-powered cameras to detect and classify objects.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
New research from Monash University suggests that recent discoveries about human evolution are challenging the traditional system scientists use to name and classify our ancestors.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
“But necessary to learn and classify all the Underworld plants. We will be working on these in November.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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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
Sunscreen is regulated as a cosmetic in Europe, leading to more variety than in the U.S., which classifies it as an over-the-counter drug.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
Food and Drug Administration classifies zinc oxide as safe and effective.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 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
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Last month, the county Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner classified Aurora’s death as a homicide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Anorthosite is classified as an intrusive igneous rock, meaning it forms when molten material cools and solidifies beneath Earth's surface.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
DiGenova again fumed when officials in Washington refused to set up a room in the Fort Pierce, Fla., office where prosecutors could securely review and store highly classified material, some of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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
Consider this: Chinese people were classified as black in South Africa.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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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
"It is therefore highly probable that we will end up classifying it as a megafire."
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
In addition, the German Federal Office for Chemicals recently proposed classifying TFA as potentially toxic to human reproduction.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 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
Before that, she’d been working as a file clerk at a nearby hospital, classifying the records of patients who had died.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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