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classifiable

American  
[klas-i-fahy-uh-buhl] / klæs ɪˈfaɪ ə bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being categorized or classified.


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One internal document from 1973 allegedly says: "Our baby powder contains talc fragments classifiable as fiber. Occasionally sub-trace quantities of tremolite or actinolite are identifiable…"

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

WhatsApp commerce also extends to one-off sales of homemade goods and a wide range of less easily classifiable work.

From The Verge ● Oct. 19, 2021

A new study details how, since our earliest societies, human beings have sought structure in their social groups—easily classifiable as categories based on cliques, linguistics, tribes, and so forth.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2014

There are various types, but Ms. Ephron’s syndrome was “not a readily classifiable type,” Dr. Roboz said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2012

The towns and cities of the world are thus classifiable in terms of their past development and present condition.

From Civics: as Applied Sociology by Patrick Geddes

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