reclassify

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Recent Examples of reclassify Trump signed an executive order on January 20 that reclassifies career government employees involved in policymaking and strips them of civil service protections. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 In November 2024, voters in California passed Proposition 36 which rolled back a 2014 law which reclassified theft under $950 as a misdemeanor. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025 The Trump administration also has reclassified federal chief information officers, normally senior career employees with years of specialized knowledge, to be general employees subject to dismissal for political reasons. Richard Forno, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2025 As such, being reclassified as employees isn’t a particularly popular movement in the industry. Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reclassify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclassify
Verb
  • As Ralston wisely noted, setbacks are not the end of progress but moments to regroup, strategize, and continue the fight for a more just and inclusive society.
    Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Now, after seeing a billionaire bidder spurn them and instead decide to invest in an AL Central rival, the Twins must regroup.
    Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 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
  • The reintroduced bill would recategorize cranial prosthetics as durable medical equipment covered under the Social Security Act.
    Essence, Essence, 6 Oct. 2021
Verb
  • Doing this in the large helps to identify what works and doesn’t work in the long run.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Against this background, CNBC Pro used its stock screener tool to identify the most oversold and overbought stocks on Wall Street as measured by their 14-day relative strength index, or RSI.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Protecting yourself from future fakers also starts with recognizing red flags early on.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • In 1989, its Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board recognized when licensing a nuclear power plant that spent fuel could be stored in offsite facilities owned by private entities, government lawyers argued.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025
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  • View 1 Images Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid, which lead to Alzheimer's disease.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2025
  • A couple of passes allow Fernandes to get forward as Maguire retreats, but his options are limited by the positioning of United’s attackers, who are clumped up together.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Firefly report said Lucky declined to be interviewed, citing pending legal action and referring Firefly to his attorney.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The Pentagon declined to comment and referred Forbes to DOGE, which is overseen by the White House.
    David Jeans, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit against Connolly under the FACE Act, or the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
    Ryan Lucas, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Names and faces 3 hours ago by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports Actor Emily Osment has filed for divorce from her husband of less than five months, musician Jack Anthony Farina.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Despite the depth and breadth of his transactions, Sweeney did not classify his work as a teardown.
    Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Using data from nearly 10,000 herbarium specimens, scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History have brought attention to the conservation status of these plants, revealing that 87 species—almost half of the genus—are now classified as threatened with extinction.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Reclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclassify. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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