was classifying
- past progressive of classify.
Example Sentences
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In December, the World Health Organization announced that it was classifying JN.1 as a separate variant of interest.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2024
Therefore, the only mistake that the calculator made was classifying 3 still-married couples as “probably divorced.”
From Scientific American ● May 10, 2013
Last year, he took credit for the elimination of a regulation that was classifying dairy spills as disasters akin to—and as expensive in court as—oil spills.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2013
This could be interpreted as clear evidence that the system was classifying on the basis of bigram frequencies, so it found the words with intermediate bigram frequencies confusing.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 6, 2012
The curator of the museum was classifying Egyptian curios.
From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix
