individualized 1 of 2

adjective

as in personalized
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person an individualized plan of study for the gifted student in the class

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individualized

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verb

past tense of individualize
as in customized

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Recent Examples of individualized
Adjective
Current guidance increasingly emphasizes an individualized, multimodal approach rather than relying on one tool alone. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 26 Oct. 2026 The companies have several hurdles ahead of them, including selling an individualized therapy that takes several weeks to create for a patient at scale. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 But Berman is confident that the bespoke process of making an individualized mRNA cancer vaccine for each patient is both scalable and potentially affordable. — Alice Park, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 The medicine is an individualized therapy that attacks the unique mutations, called neoantigens, found in a patient’s tumor. — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026 Students with individualized education plans who need a personal device. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The Federal Trade Commission has proposed an enforcement policy warning businesses that failing to disclose their use of personal data to set individualized prices could violate consumer protection law. — Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 The linings are also individualized and each men’s pair comes with a matching bandana. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 In general, the decision to start a GLP-1 should be part of an individualized plan that is made with a healthcare professional. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for individualized
  1. personalized
  2. customized
  3. personal
  4. differentiated
  5. subjective
Adjective
  • Now, the high school reunion lives in the device in our hands, capable of giving anyone quantitative signals from a vast reference group at any moment on our personalized scoreboards of social approval.
    — Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The company's Atera platform is helping produce data sets to train AI models, a process that helps accelerate personalized therapies.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of personalized
Verb
  • Dating to the 1930s and extensively customized while Simmons lived there, the house sits behind privacy walls on just over a half-acre.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2026
  • As an example, imagine every employee building their own reporting system, with their own data sets and their own data definitions and their own KPIs, customized to their siloed wants and biased for their own individual purposes.
    — Rex Lee, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of customized
Adjective
  • By tonight, conversation picks up again in a more personal way.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Thoughtful details like a yoga mat, a fresh jar of bath salts, and a book left in the bathroom make the stay feel more personal than most.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of personal
Verb
  • Novo, however, maintains CagriSema is effective and differentiated enough from its other drugs to draw significant demand.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The devices successfully differentiated all 16 possible combinations.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of differentiated
Adjective
  • There seems to be a certain level of inconsistency among those subjective calls even though different standards are applied for each violation.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • In contrast, consciousness is the ability to feel pain, pleasure, love and have subjective experiences.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of subjective

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“Individualized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individualized. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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