particularizing

verb

present participle of particularize
1
as in individualizing

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Relevance
2
as in enumerating

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for particularizing
  1. differentiating
  2. enumerating
  3. customizing
  4. detailing
  5. itemizing
  6. uttering
  7. stating
  8. disclosing
Verb
  • As frontier models catch up with one another within weeks, data is becoming the differentiating factor in AI.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Just as the internet eventually stopped differentiating companies, AI access will, too.
    — Haris Pylarinos, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of differentiating
Verb
  • Though deferred action dates back at least to President Richard Nixon, Meissner issued a memo in 2000 enumerating 13 factors that immigration agents should consider before deporting someone.
    — Lauren Villagran, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • At one point, Lennon was musing about his belief in reincarnation, and enumerating some of his past lives and identities, when Ono made a blunt analogy.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of enumerating
Verb
  • Many parents of children with unique abilities homeschool with the scholarship, customizing an education with the specialized services and therapies their child needs.
    — Erika Donalds, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Just like Cunningham, Mena recommends bringing reference photos and customizing the length to your face shape, neck, and natural hair texture.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of customizing
Verb
  • Each portion of the exhibit has illustrated diagrams detailing that part of the human anatomy.
    — Emma Hall October 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • And it’s backed up with a few recent preprint papers detailing Pioneer Labs’ research.
    — Brian Gallagher, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of detailing
Verb
  • To partly offset that, the OBBB created a new charitable contribution deduction that can be taken without itemizing expenses.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The standard deduction is a blanket deduction that all taxpayers can take without itemizing.
    — Brian Sloan,Dan Avery, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Definition of itemizing
Verb
  • Brennaman was off the air for four years after uttering a homophobic slur on a live microphone during a Cincinnati Reds game.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The other was a tearing beauty, a creature so lovely that one look at her sent young men’s blood pressure skyward and set them to uttering wild, hoarse cries and tearing telephone directories apart with the bare hands.
    — John Madson, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
Definition of uttering
Verb
  • Sophie Cunningham has become a megastar by boldly stating that men have no business competing in women’s sports — all while shooting the lights out from beyond the 3-point arc.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • About a week later, on Thursday, the department received an email from campus leadership stating the previous correspondence was an error.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of stating
Verb
  • Another manager was found to work from both Alabama and Tennessee without disclosing that information to the Controller’s Office, according to the audit report.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The show starts in the year 1985, when Henki Hauge Karlsen, a 28-year-old gay bartender, is fired after disclosing that he is infected with HIV.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of disclosing
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“Particularizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/particularizing. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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