as in to standardize
to make agree with a single established standard or model
the garment industry agreed to regularize women's clothing sizes so one company's size six wasn't another company's size ten
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Recent Examples of regularize
One of the ways that Kim has begun to change his government’s culture is by regularizing its bureaucratic processes.
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David Kang, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2017
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Congress have decisions to make to regularize the industry and allow small business to be profitable.
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Beijing also announced that its military forces would begin regularizing patrols in the Taiwan Strait.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Among the international companies that have settled with the Italian Revenue Agency, in 2016, Apple paid a sum of 318 million euros and the following year, Google paid a total of 306 million euros to regularize its fiscal position in the country.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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David Kang, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2017
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Congress have decisions to make to regularize the industry and allow small business to be profitable.
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Beijing also announced that its military forces would begin regularizing patrols in the Taiwan Strait.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Among the international companies that have settled with the Italian Revenue Agency, in 2016, Apple paid a sum of 318 million euros and the following year, Google paid a total of 306 million euros to regularize its fiscal position in the country.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regularize
standardize
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The proposals focus on standardizing their prior authorization protocols and increasing transparency of and reporting on decision-making by plans.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The fear, in fact, is that our continual need to standardize will modernize ourselves out of existence.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
28 June 2025
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“Regularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regularize. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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