How to Use recategorize in a Sentence

recategorize

verb
  • The people who create useful friction are the first to go quiet, and then the first to be quietly recategorized.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • This approach could help children learn how to recategorize misplaced fear as a manageable emotion by approaching it piece by piece.
    — Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Last summer, Tyson wrote a letter to Trump urging him to federally recategorize cannabis as a less harmful substance.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Generally, recategorizing drugs happens via an act of Congress or a formal rule-making process.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Each response was reviewed by a human coder to ensure it was accurately categorized and then, if necessary, recategorized.
    — Emily Guskin, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • And Blanche invoked that streamlined process to recategorize medical marijuana.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In 2000, it was identified as Rhabdophis nuchalis and a year later, recategorized again as Rhabdophis guangdongensis, according to the study.
    — Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Dozens of asylum cases filed by Somali migrants in immigration courts were suddenly rescheduled and recategorized over the weekend, according to four lawyers interviewed by NPR.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The proposal would follow a Department of Justice recommendation and lead the DEA to take public comments on a plan to recategorize marijuana.
    — Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
  • From ‘impact’ to ‘culture’ to ’retention’ and ‘wellbeing’ - the titles of chief diversity officers, and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officers are now being recategorized at an alarming rate with new words, acronyms and language.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Cumming said the lawsuit comes after the city refused to comply with a subpoena by trying to recategorize it as a request under the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA).
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Cumming said the city refused to comply with a subpoena by trying to recategorize it as a request under the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA), per advice from an attorney with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General (OAG).
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Cumming said the city refused to comply with a subpoena by trying to recategorize it as a request under the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA), per advice from an attorney with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General (OAG).
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026

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