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classify

[klas-uh-fahy] / ˈklæs əˌfaɪ /


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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

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

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

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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