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The bank on Tuesday said it had reclassified its business in Oman as for sale, after it last year merged its unit there with rival Sohar International Bank.

From Reuters • Aug. 1, 2023

In March, Uber had reclassified its more than 70,000 drivers in Britain as workers following a Supreme Court ruling.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2021

“And how bad would he have looked if he had reclassified and then ended up walking on again? Talk about ridicule; he would’ve gotten hammered.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2021

More than a year earlier, the Association of Racing Commissioners International, which creates model rules for the sport’s various state bodies, had reclassified scopolamine from a “3/B” to a “4/C” drug.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2021

He had fought for South Africa during World War II in North Africa and Italy, but after his return, a white bureaucrat had reclassified him as African.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela