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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 customizes
Vanguard generally starts with 3% to 5% in cash in a model portfolio, and customizes from there.
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
The sneakers were created in collaboration with footwear artist and designer Mache, who customizes sneakers for star athletes and celebrities and earned a place on FN’s 2025 Sneaker Power List.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
The streaming app also customizes the Wrapped experience annually with various new interactive elements.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Demand may be hard to gauge ahead of time, but the more OpenAI customizes ChatGPT for tasks like shopping and schoolwork, the more people could use it for those activities.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Understanding Personalized And Contextual Security Personalized security customizes protections based on user attributes—such as roles, behaviors and historical interaction patterns.
—Pulak De, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Founded in 2016 in Ontario, by CEO Manmeet Maggu and CTO Rahul Udasi to assist Maggu’s nephew, Trexo customizes each brace’s gait to the user and adjusts it over time.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2024
This profile customizes the amplification of sounds in real-time, enhancing clarity during conversations and media playback.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
The technology customizes employee experiences by examining preferences and behaviors, promoting internal mobility through the identification of employees ready for advancement and creating personalized engagement and reward programs.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Michelle Fox, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
The sneakers were created in collaboration with footwear artist and designer Mache, who customizes sneakers for star athletes and celebrities and earned a place on FN’s 2025 Sneaker Power List.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
The streaming app also customizes the Wrapped experience annually with various new interactive elements.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Demand may be hard to gauge ahead of time, but the more OpenAI customizes ChatGPT for tasks like shopping and schoolwork, the more people could use it for those activities.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Understanding Personalized And Contextual Security Personalized security customizes protections based on user attributes—such as roles, behaviors and historical interaction patterns.
—Pulak De, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Founded in 2016 in Ontario, by CEO Manmeet Maggu and CTO Rahul Udasi to assist Maggu’s nephew, Trexo customizes each brace’s gait to the user and adjusts it over time.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2024
This profile customizes the amplification of sounds in real-time, enhancing clarity during conversations and media playback.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
The technology customizes employee experiences by examining preferences and behaviors, promoting internal mobility through the identification of employees ready for advancement and creating personalized engagement and reward programs.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for customizes
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The system adapts to your lifestyle rather than forcing you to adapt to it.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2026
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Backrooms revealed its spooky first footage for the horror feature that adapts Kane Parsons’ YouTube series.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The company tailors its offerings to meet diverse consumer needs, often through smaller pack sizes, localized flavors, and affordable formats.—
Joe Cornell,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Whether designing Tribeca apartments or Florida beach houses, the firm tailors its interiors to the location and architecture of the home.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
2 Sep. 2025
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Dunn finds himself in the difficult position of having to handle the ball, score and play defense as the team adjusts to new players and the absence of others.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
27 Feb. 2026
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The bill also adjusts a recent law that set the minimum age for Kindergarten at 5 years old.—
CT Mirror,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But as our perceptions of Clark shift with various revelations, Bateman masterfully modifies his bearing from blandly sinister to sweetly sincere and back again.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2026
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According to the team, this modifies cation migration paths and balances differences in copper and tin migration.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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That comfortably overloaded camper package won't be of much value if it gets shredded to bits on the trail, so Goldfields equips the Escape Pod just as robustly down under.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Feb. 2026
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My experience as a prosecutor and judge handling family cases, plus my role as Senate Finance Chair overseeing budgets, equips me to run the program effectively, maximizing collections for Texas children.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Heart The Lover by Lily King During her senior year of college, Jordan is drawn into an intense friendship and romantic triangle with two brilliant classmates, Sam and Yash, in a bond that shapes her ambitions and alters all three of their lives.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2026
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This shift alters cultural momentum.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
25 Feb. 2026
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