class
noun
a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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"Pretty soon," he thought, "Brady will be classing me among the greedy capitalists who are battening on the sorrows of the poor."
From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Maud Wilder Goodwin