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as in to individualize
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Recent Examples of particularize
Wagner works hard to particularize these women, but the play, which has over the years lost an intermission and been streamlined into one 95-minute act, has trouble getting started.
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New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
His Democratic opponent was quick to particularize the term for low-information voters: Barbour had lobbied not only for Big Oil, nuclear power plants, and some more-or-less savory foreign governments.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 19 Dec. 2019
The Justice Department, which intervened on Trump’s behalf in New York, has taken a narrower approach, saying Vance must prove ‘‘particularized need’’ for the records before they are released to a grand jury.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2019
New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
His Democratic opponent was quick to particularize the term for low-information voters: Barbour had lobbied not only for Big Oil, nuclear power plants, and some more-or-less savory foreign governments.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 19 Dec. 2019
The Justice Department, which intervened on Trump’s behalf in New York, has taken a narrower approach, saying Vance must prove ‘‘particularized need’’ for the records before they are released to a grand jury.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for particularize
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This includes adoption of digital pathology tools to diagnose tissue samples and use of new theranostics imaging technology to individualize care for each patient at the molecular level.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Users can create and individualize a profile page for their account that other users can view.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
Verb
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An investigation by the Better Government Association’s Illinois Answers Project enumerated the most striking failings of the city’s anti-displacement efforts.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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Design for systems that can absorb a surprise, not systems that assume surprises can be enumerated.—
Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Cannabis, thoughtfully integrated, offers a differentiating catalyst — a way to make the experience of a neighborhood bookshop or an independent record store feel qualitatively more immersive, more connective, more worth leaving home for.—
Peter Su,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Incoming Chief Executive Officer John Ternus has said that the Air helps differentiate the company’s offerings.—
Mark Gurman,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Verb
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As detailed by Zachary Folk of Forbes, Brunson signed with the Knicks in 2022 for more than $104 million—a bargain for a future Finals MVP when superstars like Nikola Jokic were signing contracts worth up to $276 million.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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As a commentary in Thursday’s Opinion section detailed, polls show about half of Americans are deeply skeptical of the data centers springing up across the nation to supply the immense electricity needs of the rapidly booming artificial intelligence economy.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 June 2026
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Through its partnership with the IOC, Deloitte is helping empower the Olympic and Paralympic Games to endure and evolve by creating a system that can be customized for each Games edition, driving efficiency, reusability, continuous learning, and improvement.—
Mark Price,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Users can customize the robot through downloadable and printable 3D head designs, while over-the-air updates will continuously add new capabilities such as autonomous following, multimodal perception, and natural interaction.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
18 June 2026
Verb
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Since the onset of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 – tax legislation that doubled the standard deduction for most taxpayers – the number of taxpayers who itemize their deductions (rather than take the standard deduction) has dropped considerably.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The purchases, most of which were itemized on city records as office supplies, included gifts and decorations for family birthday parties, women’s, men’s and children’s clothing; $19,000 in groceries, children’s toys, cosmetics, bed linens, tablecloths and home decorations.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
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Stark White The past few years have been characterized by warm, off-white tones, and in 2026, designers agree that this trend is not set to change.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
21 June 2026
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The result is a club conceived without the hierarchies that characterize some of its London counterparts—members shaped not by title or industry, but by curiosity and shared sensibility.—
Rachel Ingram,
Robb Report,
21 June 2026
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Newsom aides blame late paperwork amid emergency response, noting the donations were disclosed before regulators inquired.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The cause of the death was not disclosed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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“Particularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/particularize. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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