MISCLASSIFYING Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

misclassifying

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present participle of misclassify

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lumping

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In 2021, the company started announcing growth from Azure and other cloud services, later lumping in some revenue from the GitHub and Nuance Communications acquisitions.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
The results will help segment POTS patients into more granular cohorts based on the source of their symptoms, rather than lumping them all together as Simo says the medical industry often does today.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

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