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categorization

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This categorization didn’t constitute a formal regulation; rather the agency was using its discretion not to go after compounders who used ingredients it deemed safe — those from the first category.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

By comparing activity patterns along visual recognition pathways in the models and in the babies' brains, the researchers could better understand how early categorization takes place.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026

This categorization of roles and responsibilities will naturally reveal which positions are unnecessary because they duplicate others’ work, operate less efficiently, or are simply no longer needed.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026

As Ms. Stalnaker points out, he was “a writer who proclaimed a series of last works, but whose actual last work defies easy categorization as a philosophical or literary testament.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Each one had a monstrous marvel that did not fit neatly into the Five Paragons, leading them to reject the categorization system.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton