How to Use classification in a Sentence

classification

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  • Wheelchair basketball is five-on-five, but there are classification values for players.
    — Ben Steele, USA TODAY, 3 July 2022
  • Special education funding is very complex and can vary based on needs and classification.
    — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2022
  • More than 21% is in exceptional drought -- the worst classification -- up from 16% last week.
    — Payton Major and Angela Fritz, CNN, 14 July 2022
  • Practically, the classification change won't make much difference to the way the outbreak is handled.
    — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • Our recent classification and compensation study will guide (the) council and me to keep us competitive.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2022
  • Pegasus V contains very few heavier elements, which means its stars are very old, hence its classification as a fossil of the first galaxies.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • These classifications are based on the species’ population size, distribution, habitat loss, and other threats such as the climate crisis.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Weaving threads of intelligent technologies to create something that escapes conformity and classification to celebrate such an aged whisky has been a thrill.
    — Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • This is the first year that the state has all four classifications for girls and boys lacrosse.
    — Randy McRoberts, The Aegis, 17 May 2018
  • Both teams have been fighting to the top of the classification for decades.
    — oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2022
  • But classification isn’t about the quality of the team, it’s about the size of the student body.
    — Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • But that classification is based on the current height of the dam at greater than 60 feet.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 7 June 2022
  • The higher the classification of the wine is, the greater the aging potential.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Crook County’s girls are the top in the classification with 359 strokes.
    — Nikstreng, oregonlive, 16 May 2023
  • The last few years, Salem has worked with the group to push for the classification of Arab Americans in the Census.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
  • All-State teams, and 17 of those were named to their classification’s first teams.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The four modes are not a strict system of classification, but more of a heuristic tool.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Wired, 23 July 2021
  • Below is the list of player and coach-of-the-year winners in each classification.
    — J.c. Carnahan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 June 2018
  • The two men left in the shallow grave with the remains of their peers fell into the latter classification.
    — Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 20 June 2018
  • Unlike the big-league phase of the draft, players do not have to be assigned to one classification.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Perhaps part of the reason is the lack of a formal behind-the-counter classification of drugs.
    — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The classification was based on a 2011 review of studies by the IARC.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The girls state tournaments will run at the same location as the boys in the same classification.
    — oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The process is meant to take about 30 seconds and the user will receive a heart rhythm classification.
    — Angela Chen, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2018
  • And there is an argument that the classification system is what fills in the – and provides gloss to what that means.
    — NBC News, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Let the Trump and government lawyers fight over the classification rules.
    — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
  • This was the second year of the normal two-year classification cycle for all sports.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2021
  • This season marks the first that soccer has been a two-classification sport.
    — Matt Nevala, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2018
  • That marks the highest position of any area team in the classification polls.
    — Varsity Staff, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • That may seem like an odd classification, but Pew Research Center data shows a majority of its users go to the app for news—and remain wary of the misinformation sloshing around it.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 18 Oct. 2024

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