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category

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


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Or you can ask how serious the category of crime is as a matter of social policy.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

Every criminal statute targets some category of conduct that causes grave harm in the aggregate.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

The category "Overseas Operations" appeared for the first time on the Pentagon's website on Sunday, the Associated Press reported.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The most dynamic category is inverse and leveraged products, now allowed for single stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

And first thing in the morning surely fell in the latter category.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

It spells out routes to careers in seven different categories:

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The UK has shorter settlement routes, including five-year routes available to people who meet the requirements of certain immigration categories.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

“The categories didn’t exist as they do today.”

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Instead, it reports results by sex, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, disability and English-learner status—the categories Washington requires.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The United States finished between fifteenth and thirty-first in the three categories tested by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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