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Recent Examples of reclassify
Toney was a four-star prospect out of Plantation American Heritage and reclassified from the Class of 2026 to enroll at Miami a year early.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
However, new research suggests that some of these subpopulations may be different enough to warrant reclassifying them as distinct mammal species.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Trump is expected to sign another executive order in the next few weeks that would formally reclassify certain federal job positions as Schedule Policy/Career.
—Amy Lieberman, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
Lamont’s proposal would raise the cap from its current $3.9 billion to $4.4 billion in fiscal year 2026 and reclassify an additional $300 million to bypass the limit entirely—redirecting nearly $1 billion that would go toward debt reduction to fund near-term political priorities.
—Andrew Fowler, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
However, new research suggests that some of these subpopulations may be different enough to warrant reclassifying them as distinct mammal species.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Trump is expected to sign another executive order in the next few weeks that would formally reclassify certain federal job positions as Schedule Policy/Career.
—Amy Lieberman, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
Lamont’s proposal would raise the cap from its current $3.9 billion to $4.4 billion in fiscal year 2026 and reclassify an additional $300 million to bypass the limit entirely—redirecting nearly $1 billion that would go toward debt reduction to fund near-term political priorities.
—Andrew Fowler, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclassify
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In the absence of alternative local governance emerging in areas where Hamas had been decimated or pushed out, its fighters gradually regrouped and regained control, continuing to treat civilians as shields and to police the entry of outside aid.—
Assaf Orion,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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This time, Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau called a timeout for his team to regroup, and Bryant probably needed the stoppage as well.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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When mistakes are low-consequence, smart leaders recategorize errors as learning opportunities, evolutionary misguidance and situational myopia rather than doling out errors with penalties and professional purgatory.—
Nuala Walsh,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2021
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The reintroduced bill would recategorize cranial prosthetics as durable medical equipment covered under the Social Security Act.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2021
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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pronounced the driver, who was not identified, dead at the scene.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Weaver, who helped launch USAID's NTD Program in 2006, says that one of the principal aims of the program in the early years was to identify the most effective and efficient strategies.—
Patrick Adams,
NPR,
5 June 2025
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Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said that Russia pushed forward with the Dnipropetrovsk offensive after Ukraine refused to recognize Russia’s territorial gains during the peace talks in Istanbul.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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The evening will feature performances by the Martha Graham Dance Company and the iconic Lorna Luft, who’ll be recognized for her lifelong dedication to the fight for LGBTQ+ equality and justice.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
7 June 2025
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The wet clippings clump together on the mower blades and in the lawn.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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Long before stars even formed, dark matter clumped up and drew regular matter together with its gravity, providing the invisible scaffolding upon which stars and galaxies eventually grew.—
Stephen Clark – Jun 6,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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The drawing referred not just to imagery of the Madonna and her infant but also to Michelangelo’s Pietà, with its grown male body lying dead across his mother’s lap.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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The judges referred the lawyers in both cases to their professional regulators, but did not take more serious action.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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Neither Blanco nor federal prosecutors have filed motions since the jurors testified, though they are expected to do so in the coming months with arguments about whether Patron should be granted a new trial.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Middlebrook has not yet filed a response to the motion.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 May 2025
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Geomagnetic storms are classified using a G-scale, which ranks their intensity from G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme).—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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One half of respondents say price increases have caused financial hardships for them or their household, with 16% classifying it as serious hardship.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2025
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