How to Use classified in a Sentence

classified

1 of 2 adjective
  • The part of the report that includes classified information was removed before the report was made public.
  • The videos are classified but they were described to us.
    — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The precise details of this process are classified.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
  • No classified systems were breached.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Some had answered classified ads from the company for estate sale log homes.
    — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
  • And until last week, these sightings remained classified.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 May 2026
  • Chris retired as a lieutenant colonel working on highly classified spy satellites.
    — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Harmful use may occur without their knowledge since the work is classified, workers said in the letter.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • All members of the House were invited to this classified briefing.
    — Garrett Downs,greg Iacurci,azhar Sukri,spriha Srivastava,emma Graham,lee Ying Shan,anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Commercial imagery isn’t meant to replace the classified satellites; it is meant to be used alongside them.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The boxes contained thousands of documents, some of which were marked classified.
    — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But about the same time, a different classified mission was underway.
    — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The probe is eyeing multiple instances of the use of classified documents in leaks to the news media.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Because beyond the classified filter, there’s still the kind of public official filter of how to say things the right way.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The files are currently classified.
    — Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • He has not been charged with sharing classified information, and he has not been accused in court papers with leaking.
    — Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The charge that Schiff leaked classified information has been simmering for years.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The plot follows their high-stakes race to identify and capture spies who have leaked classified intelligence.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Some, like Jackson, said these classified hearings demonstrated the need for action.
    — Thomas Germain / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The British government spells it out in guidance for staff working with classified documents.
    — ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The classified briefing comes as Congress was left in the dark about the mission, which took place overnight on Saturday.
    — Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Elon Musk's xAI has also agreed to deploy its models across classified use cases.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Trump has been crying foul on the campaign trail for much of the last year, noting that Biden had also stored classified materials in his garage.
    — Zeke Miller The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 10 Feb. 2024
  • But, sadly, sometimes people do go leak classified information in those big settings.
    — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Carney said, referring to jobs like park rangers or government roles with access to classified documents.
    — Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Yaogan 47 is a classified satellite that will be used by the Chinese military.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Details related to the contract are classified.
    — Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Nine countries are known to possess nuclear weapons, though exact figures remain classified.
    — Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Often, the mission cargo is highly classified.
    — Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The colony here is made up of African penguins, a species that has declined by nearly 95% in the wild and is now classified endangered.
    — Jessica Burch, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026

classified

2 of 2 noun
  • Our classifieds pages are a great way to share community bulletins, free of charge.
    — Staff, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
  • However, more than a few end up in the classifieds as used cars with bogus background stories.
    — Fox News, 30 July 2018
  • But with the days of scanning the classifieds in a newspaper long behind us, one of the best ways to find a new gig is with the help of an app.
    — Kit Eaton, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2016
  • Checking online and newspaper classifieds, and consignment shops in your area, might help.
    — Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The one in the backseat drops her clove cigarette, burning another hole in the cheap upholstery of the wreck bought off the classifieds.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The one who reputedly killed newspapers' main revenue source, the classifieds.
    — Claire Atkinson, NBC News, 12 June 2018
  • Craigslist surfaced and eventually dethroned newspapers as the go-to place for classifieds.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The core hiring model has barely changed since newspaper classifieds where employers post jobs and job seekers search and apply.
    — CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • For some of us, the weekend yard sales listed in the Inky classifieds constitute a religious ritual.
    — New York Times, 25 June 2019
  • And neither is a campaign staffer scouring the classifieds for potential clues about what political ads might be coming down the pipeline.
    — Leigh Ann Caldwell, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Late Wednesday night, Pam was among the first to buy the Village Voice and turn to the real estate classifieds.
    — Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • Google eliminated the friction of classifieds and local media, and gutted regional economies in the process.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
  • On his third day, Craigslist launched in New York and swiftly nuked the profitability of the Voice’s classifieds.
    — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
  • Craigslist is an online classifieds site, divided by city or geographic area, through which users advertise a range of goods, services, jobs and housing.
    — Michael Nedelman, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The local classifieds are the best evidence of the Anchorage chinchilla market downturn.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Then, after creating a fake user profile on the other classifieds site, the worker fishes for the advertiser's email or phone number.
    — Tom Jackman and Jonathan O'Connell, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2017
  • His next two — Luna and Nova — were on a local classifieds website’s miscellaneous old clutter section.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018
  • Craigslist nostalgia Craigslist, the decades-old online classifieds site, is still the go-to platform for some millennials who are nostalgic for the earnestness of the early web.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Door-to-door inquiries in the immediate area can be effective, as can posts on neighborhood forums like Nextdoor or local newspaper classifieds.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
  • Local classifieds apps – such as Craigslist, letgo, and Facebook Marketplace – are also a good sources to find a local deal (and not wait or pay for shipping).
    — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Larkin worked out a lucrative revenue model, emphasizing classifieds and personals.
    — Christine Biederman, WIRED, 18 June 2019
  • But the most striking takeaway, when looking at the old classifieds, is the incredible hassle of ticket transactions in 1982.
    — Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 9 Jan. 2020
  • This Craigslist car report scam has been spreading across Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace and other online classifieds.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Despite that, classifieds rival Dubizzle pulled its IPO last year after its prospectus revealed four years of losses.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Despite that, classifieds rival Dubizzle pulled its IPO last year after its prospectus revealed four years of losses.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Bascobert likened the business to traditional classifieds, for example, connecting homeowners with plumbers.
    — Kerry Flynn, CNN, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Newspapers once bundled news alongside classifieds and personal ads, providing value to advertisers and readers.
    — Madeline Ashby, WIRED, 17 July 2023
  • Earnings at Naspers were also boosted by improved profitability at some of the company’s e-commerce units, including online classifieds, payments and travel businesses.
    — Alexandra Wexler, WSJ, 22 June 2018
  • The transaction values the company, which operates the region’s largest online property classifieds business, at around $2 billion, according to people familiar with the deal.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The company also recently offered to acquire Australian real estate classifieds firm Domain Holdings.
    — Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025

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