classification
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The film’s distributor, A24, and “several awards strategists” were hoping to get around the strict classification because “You Can See Everything” is not a traditional documentary, per the outlet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
That classification is commonly used to shield a variety of federal records from public release, including those containing personnel information, details about ongoing law enforcement operations and matters protected by attorney-client privilege.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
That classification allowed the project to bypass mandatory rezoning public hearings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
A major milestone came in 2022, when the team published a comprehensive symmetry classification of altermagnetism and identified hundreds of materials that could potentially exhibit it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Nearly everything he read was stamped with a secret classification such as: “McNaughton Eyes Only” or “Eyes Only of the Secretary,” meaning McNaughton’s boss, Robert McNamara.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
The Pentagon this year condensed more than 200 religious affiliation codes to 31, initially eliminating specific classifications for atheists, Unitarian Universalists, pagans and Wiccans, among others.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The "failure was one of communication, not application", he said, adding that the ministry was working hard to search through documents across multiple IT systems and classifications at "huge expense".
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Specimens preserved for decades or even centuries can give researchers a way to revisit old classifications, compare physical traits, and resolve questions that earlier scientists could not answer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
When asked about the classifications of countries as frontier, emerging or developed, Schwartz said he didn’t like two features of the classifications.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
One Harvard computer, Annie Jump Cannon, used her repetitive acquaintance with the stars to devise a system of stellar classifications so practical that it is still in use today.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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