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[kat-i-gawr-ee, -gohr-ee] / ˈkæt ɪˌgɔr i, -ˌgoʊr i /


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"We sold tens of thousands as soon as it came out, so very quickly we felt that this category was very popular."

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

In the agility category, we placed two-thirds of the weight on indicators, devised by the Management Lab, that center on whether the executive share of a company’s total head count is expanding disproportionately.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Combining all Asian Americans into one category can make those differences impossible to detect.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

New research involving more than 110,000 women found that those taking GLP-1 drugs, a category that includes semaglutide-based medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, were significantly less likely to develop breast cancer.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

I’m not staring at the guy near the front, but I know why Fizz thinks so: He’s pretty good-looking; plus he falls into the admirable-forehead category.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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