categorization

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Recent Examples of categorization There are your classic influencers, new-wave commentators, and sales-driving Substackers plus a plethora of people who resist—and bristle at—categorization. — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026 Six years later, over 2,000 colleges and universities are still test-optional – although the categorization may be deceiving, as some scholarships may depend on SAT scores. — Beth Kania-Gosche, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026 This year's festival featured more than 4,200 productions, an overwhelming marketplace of comedy, theater, cabaret — and plenty that resist easy categorization. — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026 Indeed, there appears to have been re-categorization of some tickets. — Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 To add another layer of categorization, where a native plant originated can be important. — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2026 Good visual organization and logical categorization can bypass that mental load, though. — Osman Koc, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The regulations also establish a process through which a player may seek a change in categorization by demonstrating that no competitive advantage would result. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Its services also include income and expense categorization, monthly reconciliation, bookkeeping support during audits and payroll return cleanup. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorization
Noun
  • Many Uber and Lyft drivers have long protested their classification as gig workers and demanded employee benefits such as overtime, sick pay and benefits.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Fraud detection, reconciliation, transaction classification, payment routing and liquidity forecasting each require different forms of analysis.
    — Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The winning projects range from initiatives involving several museums to collaborations with communities of origin to the individual cataloging of archives and databases.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Large organizations can spend enormous amounts of energy cataloging problems.
    — Lou Maiuri, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Unlike the majority of the Mishnah—the codification of the Jewish Oral Law—Pirkei Avot has very little Halakhic content and instead emphasizes general ethical matters conveyed through aphorisms attributed to ancient rabbinic sages.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • The codification of what became soccer Public school graduates took their versions of the game with them to the next level.
    — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • How these capital gains tax strategies work Wealthy investors already use direct indexing strategies on platforms including Schwab to pair up stock gains and losses in a tax efficient way.
    — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Indexing Problems The second phase of our analysis looked at indexing health.
    — Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Categorization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorization. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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