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taxonomy

[tak-son-uh-mee] / tækˈsɒn ə mi /




NOUN
scientific classification
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"There's probably no species of penguin where the taxonomy has been more debated than the gentoo penguin," said Bowie, a curator in UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Agreed, but the four-door, fast-backed Model Y is not an SUV, except in Tesla’s own taxonomy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

This is also where marinated beans diverge from bean salad, at least in my personal taxonomy.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026

The old taxonomy still applies: people, process and technology.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

Ekman and Friesen decided, then and there, to create a taxonomy of facial expressions.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

Wayne T. Carr, wearing a lumpy costume by designer Dana Rebecca Woods that slips past existing taxonomies, doesn’t play down the character’s sinister machinations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

However, this is only likely to happen in stages from 2023 given there are no global taxonomies or rules on what constitute sustainable investments.

From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2022

There are also broader metaverse-related taxonomies like one from game designer Raph Koster, who draws a distinction between “online worlds,” “multiverses,” and “metaverses.”

From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2021

The isms and taxonomies of modern art are, to a large degree, essentially the isms and taxonomy established by MoMA over the last century.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2021




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