reg·u·lar·ize
ˈre-gyə-lə-ˌrīz 
also ˈrā-
regularized; regularizing
: to make regular by conformance to law, rules, or custom
reg·u·lar·iza·tion
variants
also British regularisation
ˌregyələrə̇ˈzāshən,
-ˌrīˈz-
plural -s
: the act or an instance of regularizing
his regularization of their informal marriage
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Verb
Under the program, illegal immigrants would be able to apply to regularize their status.
the garment industry agreed to regularize women's clothing sizes so one company's size six wasn't another company's size ten
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Marta Campabadal Graus, NBC news, 30 May 2026
By that time, Cuba and Argentina were the only two formal members, apart from Venezuela, that had regularized their financial situation (investment on shares) at the board of teleSUR (in December 2011 and May 2012, respectively).
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Madrid has, however, gone further by moving to regularize nearly half a million undocumented migrants and by courting many more foreigners, a push that its socialist prime minister has argued is helping drive an economic boom.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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Verb
This is not the first time Spain has opted to regularize its undocumented population.
—Marta Campabadal Graus, NBC news, 30 May 2026
By that time, Cuba and Argentina were the only two formal members, apart from Venezuela, that had regularized their financial situation (investment on shares) at the board of teleSUR (in December 2011 and May 2012, respectively).
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Madrid has, however, gone further by moving to regularize nearly half a million undocumented migrants and by courting many more foreigners, a push that its socialist prime minister has argued is helping drive an economic boom.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Regularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regularize. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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