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category

[kat-i-gawr-ee, -gohr-ee] / ˈkæt ɪˌgɔr i, -ˌgoʊr i /


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However, consumer goods — the broad category containing many imported manufactured products — recorded a much smaller increase.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

This new category of infertility benefits would be exempt from many of the requirements that apply to group health plans, potentially reducing administrative burdens and giving employers more flexibility in how they design the coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Harry Kane falls right into the same category.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Its super-premium ice-cream category had $782.7 million in sales for the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The way the show worked was that contestants would choose a category, such as movies, opera, baseball, etc., and answer questions that would become exponentially more difficult and ultimately more valuable.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Planned as a two-part spectacle, the creators believe it heralds a breakout moment globally for India's film industry, which has yet to win an Oscar in the coveted film categories.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Beginning with a group of around 70 competitors in 2007, Mr. Glassman invited athletes to compete annually in a variety of fitness categories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

For almost nine decades, these two categories provided the basic framework for understanding how magnetic order arises in materials.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Doctors generally divide rhabdomyosarcoma into two main categories based on whether a tumor carries a particular genetic warning sign.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

All of this awareness depends on a basic grasp of what grammatical categories are, how they differ from functions and meanings, and how they fit into trees.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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