taxonomy
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Once you begin looking, sausage-in-dough reveals itself as practically a taxonomy unto itself.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
The research, published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology, calls for a major reconsideration of human taxonomy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Companies aren’t required to categorize perks, so reporters created a taxonomy of nine types of perks, including an “other” category.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The old taxonomy still applies: people, process and technology.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
But what Aristotle is attempting is a basic taxonomy of forms of argument: and like so much in his book, those forms are so familiar to us that we have long ceased to notice them.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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“The Murder Game” proliferates taxonomies of its own, which often overlap and can become repetitive, especially when the same material is repeated across different chapters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Wayne T. Carr, wearing a lumpy costume by designer Dana Rebecca Woods that slips past existing taxonomies, doesn’t play down the character’s sinister machinations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
However, this is only likely to happen in stages from 2023 given there are no global taxonomies or rules on what constitute sustainable investments.
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2022
A Bad Brains show in Forestville, Md., is described as “Another Punk Rock Bash,” suggesting that even fans were getting tired of the taxonomies — or could at least joke about them.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2022
There are also broader metaverse-related taxonomies like one from game designer Raph Koster, who draws a distinction between “online worlds,” “multiverses,” and “metaverses.”
From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2021
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