customize

verb

Definition of customizenext
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 The contoured footbed offers more support than a typical flat sandal, and the adjustable straps help customize the fit, which is especially helpful for her flat feet. — Paris Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026 It can be deployed quickly and customized to each brand’s products, audience, retail footprint and sales goals, the company said. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 8 July 2026 Everything was customized, from the park's layout and attraction lineup right down to its wide range of Chinese food. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 As a result, remediation efforts have become increasingly customized. — William Jones, USA Today, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for customize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for customize
  1. tailor
  2. adapt
  3. adjust
  4. modify
  5. alter
  6. edit
  7. equip
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  • At Javvu Spa, kids can indulge in treatments tailored to them, including a mini coconut scrub, a mini mani-pedi, and mini meditation sessions.
    — Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 July 2026
  • Earn cash back or points on debit card purchases through the PNC Purchase Payback® program, with offers tailored to your shopping habits.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of tailor
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  • Ngo frames the Lotte World ride as a test case for adapting Legendary’s characters to physical spaces.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 July 2026
  • The model can also adapt to new manipulation tasks with as few as 20 demonstrations through in-context learning, eliminating the need for parameter updates.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Definition of adapt
Verb
  • Both players have adjusted well to professional baseball in recent months.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026
  • As fresh visual information reaches the brain, these models are updated almost instantaneously, allowing movements to be adjusted before conscious awareness has caught up.
    — Michelle Spear, Scientific American, 11 July 2026
Definition of adjust
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  • That can lead them to feel pressure to build new roads, modify their land-use ordinances and approve requests from companies wishing to build within their boundaries.
    — Laura Mullenbach, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • There’s also a distinction between the impact of blocking the transaction altogether and only modifying the merger as part of a settlement, and that’s where things could get interesting.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 14 July 2026
Definition of modify
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  • Individuals disclose details incrementally, carefully assessing how others will react, as such revelations can significantly alter perceptions of their competence and professionalism.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Themes return altered by what has happened to them, darkened or brightened, fragmented or reconciled.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of alter
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  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
Definition of edit
Verb
  • Floor #1 is meant to work as a flexible base camp area and comes equipped with a foldaway bamboo worktop/table.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 July 2026
  • Six of the Starlink V3 satellites are equipped with cameras to record live views of Starship and its heat shield and beam them back to Earth for analysis.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of equip

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