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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
His company runs a network of after school learning centers where an adaptive AI tutoring system spots those cracks and customizes lessons in real time based on how each student responds.
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Time Contributors, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
The company, founded by Steve Glenn, customizes home designs with architects before their modular pieces are built in one of its factories.
—Amancai Biraben, Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Vanguard generally starts with 3% to 5% in cash in a model portfolio, and customizes from there.
—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
United customizes its menus to offer some uniquely Australian touches including Chicken Parma, Vegemite Cheese Toasties, and Fairy Bread French Toast Triangles.
—Chris Dong, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023
Time Contributors, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
The company, founded by Steve Glenn, customizes home designs with architects before their modular pieces are built in one of its factories.
—Amancai Biraben, Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Vanguard generally starts with 3% to 5% in cash in a model portfolio, and customizes from there.
—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
United customizes its menus to offer some uniquely Australian touches including Chicken Parma, Vegemite Cheese Toasties, and Fairy Bread French Toast Triangles.
—Chris Dong, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for customizes
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The fashionable drama major is rumored to be at the center of Off Campus Season 2, if the show adapts Kennedy’s third Off-Campus book, The Score.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
28 May 2026
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Yaupon holly adapts to dry soil but should be watered regularly until established.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 May 2026
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While it may always be most readily associated with Wall Street antagonist Gordon Gekko—who Flusser famously outfitted—the business also tailors for women.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
20 May 2026
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Amazon tailors the product inventory to each location and uses artificial intelligence and other technology to analyze what customers buy, as well as when and how often.—
Anne D’Innocenzio,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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And broadcast fees, which have long been a significant source of revenues for teams, will shrink as the league adjusts its framework for televising games to the streaming era, experts said.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Comparable sales, or comps, is a key metric for the retail industry that adjusts for new store openings and closings to ensure fair year-over-year comparisons.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Only when one part modifies the data does the system create a new copy for that writer.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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The program is a partnership between HomeAid Sacramento and El Dorado County to build 12 Title 25 rural dwelling homes — which modifies coding requirements — each with two bedrooms and one bathroom.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Our enterprise-wide AI education and literacy program equips team members with the skills to apply AI responsibly and effectively, ensuring technology adoption drives real operational change.—
Marcus Balzereit,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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This insight, combined with empathy and analytical thinking, equips me to craft policies that create opportunities, guide better decisions and close loopholes for abuse.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Today, past patterns are even less useful for predicting the weather, as climate change alters global weather patterns and drives record-breaking storms and heat waves.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
27 May 2026
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The authors wrote that rocket soot increases stratospheric temperatures, alters atmospheric circulation and depletes the ozone layer.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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