classification
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How much room a country occupies in the index changes over time, depending on the strength of its economy and companies, said Raman Aylur Subramanian, head of market classification taxonomies at MSCI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The classification was based on clues in foot anatomy as well as the way the individuals appear to have moved.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Niewiadoma-Phinney began the 146.8km ride from La Voulte-sur-Rhone third in the general classification, one minute and 17 seconds behind race leader Marlen Reusser, with Demi Vollering second.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
That will leave the general classification rivals to battle it out for the title on a 99.2km mountain stage beginning and ending in Nice on Sunday.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even as taxonomy—the classification of plant and animal species—flourished, inquiries into the origin of living beings were relegated to the forbidden sidelines.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The result highlights why extensive observations across multiple radio frequencies are important, since classifications based on a more limited set of radio measurements can produce misleading results.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 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
In California, e-bikes and e-motorcycles are divided into different classifications, which limits who can ride them and how.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
He shows her ideas taking shape at desks where classifications opened or foreclosed futures, within organizations charged with apportioning the remnants of an inheritance among the living.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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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