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to arrange or assign according to type
classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity
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to put into a particular arrangement
classify the information you got from the Internet by source
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Recent Examples of classified
Jason Breslow, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
However, debates over their titles have intensified lately amid reports that Andrew pushed for his daughters to receive £50,000 in payments from billionaire Jonathan Rowland, presumably in exchange for classified information.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Mar. 2026
Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
Those who rate their current and anticipated life a 4 or lower are classified as suffering.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The policy extended beyond classified information, and included a prohibition on reporting even unclassified material without the approval of Pentagon officials.
—Jason Breslow, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
However, debates over their titles have intensified lately amid reports that Andrew pushed for his daughters to receive £50,000 in payments from billionaire Jonathan Rowland, presumably in exchange for classified information.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
Attorneys for the city and the organizers shared conflicting interpretations on how the data center tax breaks should be classified.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
Those who rate their current and anticipated life a 4 or lower are classified as suffering.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classified
Adjective
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Again this year, visitors are contending with a somewhat restricted blossom appreciation area at the Tidal Basin, home to the highest concentration of the trees.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Actions such as hostilities toward staff or other residents, bringing items to meetings that can be used as weapons, or showing unusual interest in restricted areas should also raise red flags.—
Evonne Andris,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Nationally, the Charlotte area ranked 22 out of 387 for single year growth.—
John Marks,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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Consider their minor-league system was ranked 29th or a dead-last 30th by all baseball publications before Peter Bendix’s first season as president of baseball operations in 2024.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Each bride’s dress has been billowed out and arranged around her in a circle, and these white figures are scattered at irregular intervals throughout the green field.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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The financing for the upgrade will be in the form of credit arranged by Citibank and will generate supply contracts worth $314 million for British firms, the UK government said, including a $93 million contract for British Steel.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The city, under the new leadership of Zohran Mamdani, sued Jordan McGraw in January, accusing him of attempting to air episodes that would reveal confidential law enforcement information.—
Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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For anonymous, confidential help, people can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224.—
Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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It can also be planted with other shrubs to steal the spotlight, or grouped along other birds of paradise.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 2026
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Teams are then grouped by quad – Quad 1 teams are the best in the country, on down.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Despite its simplicity, the device spontaneously self-organized into coordinated traveling waves of motion and adapted automatically as mechanical load increased—mirroring how real muscles recruit additional force when needed.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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The airport's police officers and firefighters organized the event to help their federal colleagues, who missed their first full paycheck last Friday amid the roughly month-long shutdown.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The dress was top secret—Burton didn't even tell her mom.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
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Royce Williams, who is eligible to receive the Medal of Honor for his 1952 dogfight against seven Soviet MiGs, which was classified top secret for more than 50 years.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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These are hand-me-down stories, delivered in a familiar fashion, distinguished by an expert sense of craft.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Pitchfork,
20 Mar. 2026
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The coat is distinguished by a single row of buttons and a slightly loose fit that offers ease and movement and an effortlessly polished finish.—
Andrea Zendejas,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Classified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classified. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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