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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
  • For KnitWell, managing and differentiating each of its women’s specialty fashion retailers can be challenging.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Every hour spent maintaining infrastructure that isn’t differentiating is an hour not spent on the work that actually moves the business forward.
    — Nick Chandi, Forbes.com, 16 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
  • 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
  • Beachyville consists of 16 sheds the family bought from Home Depot and spent the winter building, painting, and customizing as an interactive experience.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of customizing
Verb
  • Blast also published documents detailing the alleged transfer of an additional fifty million dollars to Netanyahu in 2018.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In 2019, Mary Max died by suicide two weeks after The New York Times published a story detailing legal battles over his work.
    — BETH J. HARPAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • All season, Shamea and Porsha have circled each other, barely uttering a direct word, but the tensions seep to the rest of the group, trickling into every interaction.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of uttering
Verb
  • Her mother, Dalila Lopez, stood beside her daughter teary-eyed, stating that witnessing the citizenship process filled her with joy.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In 2022, the DA's office made a court filing stating that Johnson was entitled to habeas relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of stating
Verb
  • The official added that China would offer more permits for rare earths as a bargaining chip, without disclosing details on what Beijing would seek in return.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Feldstein’s arrest was kept under a sweeping gag order, for fear that disclosing it would compromise Israeli intelligence, but the Haaretz reporter Bar Peleg soon learned of it.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of disclosing
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“Particularizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/particularizing. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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