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bracket, category, class, division, family, genus, grade, group, kind, league, order, rank(s), rubric, set, species, tier, type
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So here are three things to watch for football this fall: No longer is the postseason limited to the top four teams in each region across four classifications. — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Fall sports previews: 3 things to watch for Carroll County football in 2019," 4 Sep. 2019 Analysts said the black rectangle in the photo鈥檚 upper-left-hand corner likely covered up the photo鈥檚 classification. — Washington Post, "Mysterious Iran rocket blast draws Trump tweet, Tehran taunt," 3 Sep. 2019 Analysts said the black rectangle in the photo's upper-left-hand corner likely covered up the photo's classification. — CBS News, "Iran admits rocket exploded after technical malfunction," 2 Sep. 2019 But the schools signed their contract in the summer of 2015, about eight months before Idaho announced its plan to change classifications. — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, "Penn State will owe Idaho $1.45 million for game even though Vandals are FCS. Here's why," 31 Aug. 2019 Analysts said the black rectangle in the photo鈥檚 upper-left-hand corner likely covered up the photo鈥檚 classification. — Jon Gambrell, chicagotribune.com, "Trump tweets high-quality, possibly declassified surveillance photo of Iranian rocket launch pad," 31 Aug. 2019 The federal government classifies the dike as being at a Level 1 risk of failure, the highest danger classification. — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, "Lake Okeechobee dike likely to hold as Hurricane Dorian threatens to swamp Florida, Army Corps says," 30 Aug. 2019 Every review of the document upheld a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) classification for it. — Marcy Wheeler, The New Republic, "How Trump鈥檚 Justice Department Screwed James Comey," 30 Aug. 2019 The schedule is 11 weeks long, with a bye week for Class 4A and 3A. Those two classifications begin postseason play Nov. 15, while playoffs for all other classes start the week before. — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, "The top Colorado prep football games to watch each week of the 2019 season," 28 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'classification.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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