as in to tailor
to change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person, business, etc.
The program can be customized to serve different purposes. customized the car with a unique paint job
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Recent Examples of customize
Players will take on the role of Vivian Wylde, running a magical boarding house, including customizing and decorating the house, caring for tenants and hosting social events.
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Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
The spa at Mandarin Oriental offers an Oriental Qi massage, customized via Chinese medicine principles to balance yin and yang energies based on your current constitution.
—Amber Gibson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Here's our best cowboy cookie recipe and our favorite tips for customizing it.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
While technically obsolete, it had been extensively customized over the years and deeply integrated with supply chain operations.
—Ismail Amla, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
The spa at Mandarin Oriental offers an Oriental Qi massage, customized via Chinese medicine principles to balance yin and yang energies based on your current constitution.
—Amber Gibson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Here's our best cowboy cookie recipe and our favorite tips for customizing it.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
While technically obsolete, it had been extensively customized over the years and deeply integrated with supply chain operations.
—Ismail Amla, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for customize
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Machine learning will dynamically tailor content, visuals and offers to individual preferences.—
Dani Nadel,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Features like personalized recommendations, natural photo searches and contextual app suggestions are tailored to individual usage patterns without exposing sensitive to external servers.—
Thomas Westerholm,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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These insights can inform smarter business decisions and help adapt to changing industry dynamics.—
Pete First,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The good news here is that America adapts all the time to face security challenges.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Had an average annual net income tax liability for the 5 years ending before the expatriation date exceeding a set amount, adjusted annually for inflation ($201,000 for 2024; $206,000 for 2025).—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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For perspective, only six reigning champions in the last quarter century have committed as much as nine figures toward the defense of a title, with the number rising to seven because adjusting for inflation pushes the post-2000 Yankees into the group.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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This requirement will force health care providers to either significantly modify their services or seek alternative funding sources, potentially creating gaps in essential health services in vulnerable communities.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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Here are the materials and steps for staking citrus trees with a three-stake system, but which can be modified to suit your specific tree and growing conditions.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Jan. 2025
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Giveaway Entities reserve the right to change, alter, or amend these Official Rules as necessary, in its sole determination, to ensure the fair administration of the Giveaway or to comply with applicable law.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Many view it as a violation of the 14th Amendment, which cannot be altered by an executive order or legislation.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.—
Helen L. Murphey / Made by History,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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His home in Cheshire is not just equipped with a gym and a pool, there are also cryotherapy and hyperbaric chambers.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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More broadly, however, experts have told PEOPLE that urban infrastructure is not currently equipped to battle the kinds of firestorms like the one that swept through L.A. this month, fueled in large part by viciously strong winds.—
Charmaine Patterson,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Customize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/customize. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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