How to Use categorize in a Sentence

categorize

verb
Definition of categorizenext
Synonyms for categorizenext
  • Birds are categorized by type in this field guide.
  • This software lets you categorize your photographs in many different ways.
  • Their opinions can be categorized as conservative.
  • The appeals court did not rule on how any of the videos should be categorized.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • On the Beaufort scale, long used to categorize wind strength, a 32 mph wind reaches near-gale force.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • This is categorized in one of the following three ways.
    — Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Out of the four elements (earth, fire, water and air), it is categorized as an earth sign.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Like always trying to categorize leaves and rocks and s—. Bugs though, that’s a new comfort.
    — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The severity of the drugs is categorized into five levels that the DEA calls schedules.
    — Theara Coleman, The Week, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But Parton doesn’t sweat the small things — and with a rich career like hers, those offers can be categorized as minor.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2023
  • All killer whales are currently categorized as a single species, but a new study may change that.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Once added, these items are categorized by brand, color and style and displayed in groups such as footwear, dresses and handbags.
    — Courtney Ortega, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The brain only needs a few milliseconds to categorize you.
    — Sara Gilbert, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Part of the problem has been that videos dating back to 2016 stored on the police server have not been properly categorized.
    — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • About 40 percent of the species studied are still categorized as threatened.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Forecasters categorized 20 days of the month as cloudy.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • The viruses in the study are both categorized as bacteriophages.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
  • That extended to the ways others tried to categorize her music.
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2024
  • But Coolidge, who lent new electricity and nuance to the role of troubled heiress Tanya in Season 2, never has been easy to categorize, or count out.
    — Carla Meyer, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • Plot details have been under wraps since the project was announced, but the movie is categorized as a thriller in numerous film indexes.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Undertones are the subtle hues beneath the surface of your skin, categorized as warm, cool or neutral.
    — Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The site went to Product Placement Blog, which catalogs and categorizes where brands appear in shows and movies, and assessed which brands and products have the most placements on our screens.
    — Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The new menu was created by Chef Boyardee and can be best categorized as Dickensian slop.
    — Harris Mayersohn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Use drawer inserts and bins to categorize and contain items (and make cleaning easier the next time).
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • After one of the shows in Beijing, the question of how to categorize the production seemed far from many audience members’ minds.
    — Claire Fu, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, all of her styling, from the necklace to the mauve lip color, the bold blue eye shadow, and the subtle French manicure, could almost be categorized under the mob-wife aesthetic.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2024
  • On average, in the YouGov poll, U.S. adults correctly categorized about 65 percent of the headlines.
    — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 5 July 2023
  • The Weather Service has categorized most of the region at Level 3 out of 4 risk for excessive rainfall.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Codec categorizes video files using a range of criteria, including the location where a video was taken and the time and date it was recorded.
    — Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 20 July 2023
  • Like, what motivates you and how to categorize yourself?
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 11 June 2023

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