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[klas-uh-fahy] / ˈklæs əˌfaɪ /


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Durable riches were amassed by California’s “Big Four,” whose wealth would likely classify them today as billionaires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

They say they are investigating his failure to hand over his passports, but this does not classify him as a fugitive.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Scientists initially sequenced three genes commonly used to identify and classify corals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Instead, it uses machine learning to classify inputs to a set of predetermined outputs: “yes” or “no,” a numerical score, or answers on a list.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

While Tony doesn’t classify as a close friend, we have worked on a couple of assignments together so I know where he lives.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

On its website, it advertises an antidrone package that detects and classifies incoming drones through artificial intelligence and engages them if hooked up to the right air-defense system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies the chemical as a probable carcinogen and has linked exposure to bladder cancer, multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

In Goleta, municipal code classifies licensed gun stores as “general retail,” the same designation given to shops selling sporting goods, clothing, furniture and a wide variety of other items.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The ETC said that northern Europe, which it classifies as Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the UK, had "outperformed all other European subregions".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

In Plato’s allegory of the metals, the philosopher classifies men into groups of gold, silver, and lead.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

AFP was given access to the site -- classified as strategic critical infrastructure -- on condition of not revealing its location.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

It also found that, over the years, FBI officials had learned of several incidents indicating that Leung provided classified U.S. government information to China.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Researchers classified products according to the ingredients they contained.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

U.S. intelligence agencies estimated that 60% of the articles in the President’s Daily Brief, a collection of the most vital classified intelligence, came from 702.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

One such application is to coding theory, which allows government officials, bankers, and others to pass classified sensitive information without fear that it will be unscrambled.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

If this year is like past ones, in fact, analysts soon will begin classifying every rally, no matter how small, as a “Santa Claus rally.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The CDC has not yet included the Pennsylvania deaths in its national tally while it reviews the records and develops standardized criteria for classifying measles deaths.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

She interviewed 20- and 30-somethings about their financial woes, classifying them as the nouveau pauvre, or, as a well-known economist put it, “well-dressed paupers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The region, made up of mountains surrounded by a desert steppe, receives just over 100 millimeters of annual rainfall, classifying it as an desert.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Many readers may already be protesting: don’t stereotype people by classifying them into arbitrary “races”! Yes, I acknowledge that each of these so-called major groups is very diverse.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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