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classify

[klas-uh-fahy] / ˈklæs əˌfaɪ /


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Private-equity linked insurers classify 56% of affiliated assets as bonds, many being asset-backed securities, unlike other insurers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

I was an early adopter of “bop” back when we were still using the word to classify the singular bounciness of Carly Rae Jepsen songs in 2015.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

The initiative, funded by Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other businesses, allowed gig companies to classify their workers as contractors rather than employees.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Researchers classify Vasuki indicus within the madtsoiidae family, a group of snakes that existed for nearly 100 million years, from the Late Cretaceous to the Late Pleistocene.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

How to classify Kenna is a difficult question, but, at least in the beginning, it wasn’t one that he thought about a great deal.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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