How to Use classify in a Sentence

classify

verb
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  • The online system can classify books by subject.
  • Students will be learning about the ways scientists classify animals.
  • Still, the terms faux and fine are often used to classify jewels.
    — Jill Newman, Town & Country, 17 May 2022
  • Call me old-fashioned but the Aughts don’t classify as vintage.
    — Vogue, 21 June 2022
  • When provided with enough data, the algorithm can now be used to quickly classify images.
    — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 16 May 2022
  • Maximum sustained winds were at 40 mph, which is the threshold needed to classify it as a tropical storm.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
  • Given the current depth on the roster — six scholarship players — a second tight end probably doesn’t classify as a major need.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 3 June 2022
  • However, certain conditions must be met to classify them as contractors rather than employees.
    — Allbusiness, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • While his death at 54 was initially classified as a drowning, an autopsy revealed that the level of ketamine in his blood was about the same as would be used during general anesthesia.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
  • On April 19, the jail classified Masten as a fall risk.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Court records for the case are classified, and the names of those arrested have not been released.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • About 90% of the students are classified as low-income at the Title I school.
    — Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The body doesn’t know or care, after all, how a substance is classified.
    — WIRED, 31 July 2023
  • Threat level: The CDC classifies the risk to the general public as low.
    — Christine Clarridge, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Voice is often the first cue that a stranger may use to classify someone by gender.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022
  • It’s classified as a offspeed pitch, but Skenes can throw it at ninety-five miles per hour.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Less than 8% of the state is now classified as being in drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • The results led officials to classify the death as a homicide, although the cause of death has not been released.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2022
  • At this point, the case is still classified as a suspicious death and remains active.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Two of the victims whose cases were not classified as hate crimes agreed to be interviewed.
    — Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Third is that there may be too many items being labeled classified.
    — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • His father wasn’t concerned with the opinions of critics who tried to classify his work.
    — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 1 Dec. 2022
  • So far this year, about 35% of arrests in the city have been of people classified as homeless, according to city records.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
  • More recently, astronomers classified Betelgeuse as a red giant, a star that is near the end of its life.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
  • In it, the state argues that the tech giants are breaking the law by failing to classify drivers as employees.
    — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In the new plan, workers had to classify themselves as remote or hybrid.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
  • It's classified into two distinct viral groups, called clades: clade I and clade II.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The United States classifies Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • That’s sparked a lot of debate about what activities should be classified as an Olympic sport.
    — Jack Hillcox, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
  • This is an increase from the 40 percent likelihood at which the weather system has been classified all week, having increased from 30 percent on Sunday afternoon.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024

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