How to Use category in a Sentence

category

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  • The cars belong to the same category.
  • She competed for the award in her age category.
  • Taxpayers fall into one of several categories.
  • Click on a category in the legend to hide it on the chart.
    — Naomi Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Some of the pages in that category had thousands of likes.
    — Washington Post, 21 May 2020
  • The trend applies even in categories where sales are still brisk.
    — Time, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The change in category for some schools came as cases surged around the state.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2020
  • This falls in to the category of saying the quiet parts out loud.
    — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 1 May 2018
  • The record of the year win was Mars’ second in that category.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 July 2021
  • The broadest categories for all life on Earth are the domains.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 12 May 2023
  • That is due in part to weak demand in key categories like smartphones.
    — Charley Grant, WSJ, 20 July 2023
  • That show dragged on and on and on with our category being second to last.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 July 2021
  • The big trend in this category is toys with the element of surprise.
    — Christina Vercelletto, CNN Underscored, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Only seven teams in the nation have a worse mark in the category.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
  • And last but not least, in a category all its own is challah.
    — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Browse by age, category, time and more to find the perfect fit.
    — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Keep scrolling to see the full list of items that are worth shopping broken down by category.
    — Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The reasons for the rupture fell into three main categories.
    — Catherine Saint Louis, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2017
  • In three categories, more than half the field are minorities.
    — Lynn Elber, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • Online sources tend to fall into one of two categories.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Think of the last category - for savings and paying down debt - as a set of goals.
    — Rich Exner, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2020
  • These are the top eight categories; this story will be updated with the full award list.
    — Vogue, 30 Apr. 2019
  • But the three-movie quest to destroy the One Ring is in a category all its own.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 22 Dec. 2020
  • But some of these could move out of that category as soon as Tuesday.
    — Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The seed packet should say which category your melon is in.
    — oregonlive, 25 May 2021
  • There are nine action categories, and the towns must complete one action in each.
    — Kitty Leshay, Courant Community, 10 July 2018
  • Minor won in that category four years ago for his work on that same program.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2022
  • But the amount of matter that makes up cells in each size category is largely constant.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The good news in this category is the price of eggs fell 2.7% for the month.
    — Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Mayer did his best this year to put himself in that category.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2021

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