reclassified

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If any of the returnees showed symptoms, they would immediately be reclassified as a "suspect case" and taken for evaluation and treatment in the appropriate medical establishment, the statement said.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

The Los Angeles Police Department subsequently contradicted Fowlie’s statement, saying Downer’s case has not been reclassified.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

A well-known 300-million-year-old fossil once believed to be the oldest octopus ever discovered has been reclassified after new analysis revealed it is something entirely different.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

The fund reclassified at least two other loans to software in the fourth quarter of 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He had fought for South Africa during World War II in North Africa and Italy, but after his return, a white bureaucrat had reclassified him as African.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela