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It is one thing to make a schematic diagram of social categories, and another thing to confront examples of them in the flesh; that is the tension that runs through “People.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Goldman’s risk appetite indicator, or RAI, measures investor risk appetite using high-frequency data across five main categories: fixed income, equity, liquidity, commodities and credit.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

A letter to the schools asked for 46 categories of applicant information for incoming classes starting in 2019, or risk interruptions to federal funding.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

They broke down the debate into categories: Who’s better at academics?

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

As she stood among them leading the conversation through small rhetorical hills, she looked around at “her girls” and could put them in categories by signs she recognized.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy