In a sentence
Six example sentences with category, each labelled with its topic.
The prize committee created a new category for graphic novels, since judges kept comparing them unfairly against traditional fiction.
Literature
Statisticians moved gig drivers into a separate category because their hours and pay behaved nothing like salaried employment.
Economics
Lifters who weigh under sixty six kilograms all compete in one category, so a single kilogram changes the schedule.
Fitness
The film was entered in the documentary category even though half its scenes had been staged with actors.
Movies
Pluto was moved to a new category in 2006, joining other small icy bodies that clear no path around the sun.
Science
Speedrunners compete in a separate category for runs that use no glitches, since the two styles are barely the same sport.
Gaming
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