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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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Increased appetite emerged as the most frequently described classifiable symptom, despite the substantial weight-loss effects demonstrated in clinical testing.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

The problem is that “UFO,” a catchall term for anything that’s airborne and not immediately classifiable, is so tightly knit to the idea of extraterrestrials in the popular imagination.

From Slate ● May 28, 2019

The Modern Side of collecting is classifiable into numerous branches, according to the point of departure, as some differ in their view of what is modern from others.

From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by William Carew Hazlitt

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