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
Guests would be able to customize drinks with toppings such as tapioca pearls and popping boba.
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Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Of those license plates, nearly 144,000 were customized.
—Emery Glover, Des Moines Register, 28 Jan. 2026
For both genders, the leather patches on the back of the jeans can be customized, a service the company also offers for its boots and hats.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
And by offering both a wide range of tours and the ability to customize your experiences, Globus ups the chance travelers can find the tour that’s a just-right fit.
—Christine Sarkis, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
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Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Of those license plates, nearly 144,000 were customized.
—Emery Glover, Des Moines Register, 28 Jan. 2026
For both genders, the leather patches on the back of the jeans can be customized, a service the company also offers for its boots and hats.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
And by offering both a wide range of tours and the ability to customize your experiences, Globus ups the chance travelers can find the tour that’s a just-right fit.
—Christine Sarkis, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for customize
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But while each guest’s menu is tailored to their needs, the overall ethos is about letting the fresh ingredients do most of the work.—
Annie Daly,
SELF,
28 Jan. 2026
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Experiences Beyond dining and sleeping, Fowlescombe offers daily experiences tailored to each stay—such as farm tours, yoga in the greenhouse, breadmaking, floristry, foraging walks or stargazing–designed to deepen connection with the land and the rhythms of the season.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The series, which was adapted from Liz Moore's novel of the same name, centers on Seyfried's Mickey, a police officer who works in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Kensington at the height of the opioid crisis.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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These are the ones most likely to be adapted for crowd monitoring throughout cities.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Due to certain inflation adjustments in how Social Security is calculated and how past earnings are adjusted for inflation, the maximum benefit rose to $5,251 per month, totaling over $63,000 annually in 2026.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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No court date has been set, and his family is filing a petition to adjust his legal status based on his son’s military service.—
Claudia Boyd-Barrett,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Yan stressed that the hydrogel cooling tech addresses the hot spot issue without the need to modify existing circuit designs.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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After The Odd Couple — also created by Garry Marshall — ended its run in 1975, the apartment set from that series was modified to become Laverne and Shirley’s Milwaukee residence.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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When charging what appeared to be personal transactions to CapRadio, Reina altered internal records so that the charges appeared to be legitimate to the business, Bustamante said.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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An ownership change has the potential to alter how the team operates in those areas and many others.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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This edition of Forbes Daily was edited by Chris Dobstaff and Caroline Howard.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Josephine Rozzelle edited this edition.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2026
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Artificial intelligence inspires both excitement and anxiety, and few people are as well equipped to separate signal from noise as Rajeev Kapur.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The property is equipped with a heating system.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Customize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/customize. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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