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taxonomy

[tak-son-uh-mee] / tækˈsɒn ə mi /




NOUN
scientific classification
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The project also demonstrated how effective coordinated taxonomy workshops can be, offering a faster and more collaborative approach to species discovery.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

“We need to work out a clear taxonomy and stick within our lanes when it comes to enforcement,” said Selig.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

In “If I Go,” Thompson-Hernández scraps the three-act structure for something more novelistic, a risk that a lesser director might have fumbled but one he turns into a profound taxonomy on grace.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

"Our shared vision is making taxonomy faster, more efficient, more accessible and more visible," the team said in their paper.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

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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