CLASSIFIED Synonyms: 168 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of classified

as in restricted

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verb

past tense of classify

as in ranked

to arrange or assign according to type classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity

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as in arranged

to put into a particular arrangement classify the information you got from the Internet by source

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Recent Examples of classified

Adjective

The release also included records tracing the origins of the classified investigation into the documents and investigators’ preparations for a possible search and trial. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors have also charged Thompson with mishandling classified material. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Verb

Under the old version, travelers could be classified into A-List or A-List Preferred, which was the higher level. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Dual-Receptor Action Adds a Second Named Target Tirzepatide is classified as a GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. — Emma Clapp, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for classified

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Adjective

Drying towels separately prevents longer drying times caused by restricted airflow and moisture differences.

— Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026
The policy prohibited speakers from directing remarks to individual council members and restricted comments considered personal or abusive.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of restricted

Verb

In just the last two years, the team won back-to-back championships and ranked among the league’s top three most expensive payrolls.

— Isaac Tellechea, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
As things stand, Boise State is the only team ranked in the AP Top 25, indicating that the Broncos are in the driver’s seat.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranked

Verb

Detours and shortcuts in the brain The cells and synapses of the brain aren’t arranged in rigid, linear paths for each task and experience.

— Sean Mccabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Desperate for actual contact with Holmes, Fielder has arranged to meet her briefly at the prison before Evans shows up.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of arranged

Adjective

And a later district filing to the state acknowledged that more than 500 people who worked for district contractors likely had Social Security numbers and other confidential information exposed.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Ziccarelli said that Cochran claimed the charges were withdrawn because the defendant was working as a confidential informant.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of confidential

Verb

That broader attention makes precise terminology useful when different medications are grouped under the GLP-1 label.

— Emma Clapp, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Although System of a Down is often grouped with the nu metal bands that dominated heavy music at the time, including Korn and Limp Bizkit, Malakian never saw the band as fitting neatly into any genre.

— Alex Distefano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of grouped

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The event was part of LA Tech Week, a citywide event organized by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
First, is the human superior colliculus organized the way animal studies suggest, with vision concentrated in its upper layers and touch in its deeper layers?

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of organized

Adjective

The Savant is based on a 2019 Cosmopolitan article about the top secret investigator Chastain plays, online extremism, and political violence.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Beefing up security at Cape Canaveral As for what the base can expect to get, such information is clearly top secret.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of top secret

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Hickel, meanwhile, distinguished the uncertainty facing professional employment from the enduring ability to create art.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Bumble distinguished itself by only allowing women to message first, eventually going public in 2021 at a $14 billion valuation, before scrapping its hallmark rule this year amid declining users.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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