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as in ranked
to arrange or assign according to type
classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity
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to put into a particular arrangement
classify the information you got from the Internet by source
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Recent Examples of classified
Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The full capabilities of The Sled, though 26 years out-of-service, remain classified.
—New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
These waves, classified as mechanical waves, differ from electromagnetic waves which require no medium and can travel through vacuum.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
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After these drone appearances, the Pentagon released a classified new approach to dealing with these issues, Fox News reported.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The full capabilities of The Sled, though 26 years out-of-service, remain classified.
—New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
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Employees who are classified as essential for critical operations in defense, energy, agriculture and other sectors would continue to work without pay.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
These waves, classified as mechanical waves, differ from electromagnetic waves which require no medium and can travel through vacuum.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
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Drone sightings have been reported in at least six states – New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio – while arrests have been made in connection with drone operations near restricted areas in Massachusetts and California.Alexandra Skores, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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Mystery drones have been detected in several restricted air spaces, shutting down operations at one Air Force base and one airport over the weekend, and resulting in arrests near another airport on Saturday.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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The setup is currently being demonstrated in the form of a prototype sleeve which incorporates a total of eight pneumatic actuators arranged in two rows of four.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
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Over three decades ago, the first hiking days were arranged at Blue Hills Reservation in 1992, a state park in Milton, Mass, as part of an initiative promoting healthy lifestyles.Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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According to people familiar with the confidential talks, New York’s negotiators have offered New Jersey hundreds of millions of dollars to settle the lawsuit.Ana Ley, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Sarkozy, a conservative who remains an important figure in French politics even after leaving office in 2012, had been found guilty by a lower court of trying to bribe a judge and of peddling influence in exchange for confidential information about a probe into his 2007 campaign finances.Reuters, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Anderson shop organized under Starbucks Workers United last summer.Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
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Mount Pisgah Lutheran was first organized in 1837.Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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But John had not wanted to invite his aunt to their very private — and top secret — wedding on Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, earlier that year, on Sept. 21.Liz McNeil, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The bill was introduced after Netanyahu's spokesperson was arrested for allegedly stealing top secret intelligence and leaking it to the foreign press.Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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The immigration office was distinguished by a gigantic portrait of William Howard Taft, who was President of the United States at the time the play begins in 1909.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Dec. 2024
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There, two planets that are estimated to be around 5 million years old, PDS 70b and PDS 70c, can be distinguished in their envelopes.Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Their entire job is to dig up and collect nonpublic data.Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
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Of the 293 new Illinois laws taking effect in the new year, one prohibits corporal punishment in nonpublic elementary and secondary schools.Jim Talamonti | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
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Amazon reportedly takes issues with some of those workers being categorized as employees.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Brennan Center also said most crime data is hard to interpret, due to an inconsistency with police crime data as more serious cases may be categorized under other offenses.Mike Snider, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Classified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classified. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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