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classes

  • plural
    of class.
    class
    noun
    a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort.
  • plural
    of classis.
    classis
    noun
    the organization of pastors and elders that governs a group of local churches; a presbytery.
  • present tense form
    of class (3rd person singular).
    class
    noun
    a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort.

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Around the country, students who learn about the artwork in history classes are gearing up for school trips, while businesses are bidding to capitalise on some of the fervour.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

In arguing for their release, friends, relatives and former cellmates of the brothers pointed to programs the brothers have spearheaded in prison, including classes for anger management, meditation, and helping inmates in hospice care.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The primary teachers run intensive catch-up classes for first-year secondary school pupils without basic literacy skills.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The researchers saw this pattern in both aggressive forms of breast cancer and slower-developing classes - an unexpected result because quiescence had previously been linked more closely with slower-growing disease.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Diaz keeps talking, telling me about the classes the school offers and the kinds of programs you can learn to use on the computers.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy